Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Kayla Sanchez

 

The 23-year old  Filipino-Canadian swimmer is a former member of the Canadian national team until 2022. She has represented Canada at the Olympics and World championships. She has switched federations and now part of Philippine Swimming team.

 

Sanchez won two medals at the 2020 Olympics including the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in the 4x100 m freestyle relay. Representing Philippines, she competed in the Asian Games and in the World Aquatics Championships 2024in Doha.

 

Sanchez will compete in the women's 100 freestyle in Paris Olympics on July 31, at around 3 a.m. (GMT+8). 

Team Philippines 🇵🇭 | Jarod Hatch

The 25-year old swimmer is a medalist in the Southeast Asian Games winning bronze medals in the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia in butterfly events.

The California born Hatch who earlier announced his retirement in 2021, was tapped to fill in the Philippines’ universality quota in swimming alongside Kayla Sanchez for the Paris Olympics. 

He will compete in the 100 meter butterfly which is scheduled on August 2, at around 5 p.m. (Manila time).

 

Swimming at the 13th ASEAN School Games

 

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Medalists in Swimming at the 13th ASEAN School Games in Da Nang, Vietnam.

 

 

 

 

Indonesia Takes First Ever Medal At World Championships

📷 World Aquatics

 

Asian Games-bound & SEA Games gold medalist Felix Viktor Iberle won the gold medal in the men's 50m breaststroke clocking 27.39 at the Junior World Championships 2023 in Netanya, Israel on Sunday morning. Iberle is the first Indonesian to win medal at World Championships.

Iberle also set a new record for the World Junior Championship with a time of 26.98s in the preliminary heat.

 

Iberle will see action in Hangzhou Asian Games along with swimmer Masniari Wolf who also won gold medal in the 2023 SEA Games.

World Aquatics Championships #Fukuoka2023

Here are some of the results of our Southeast Asian Swimmers at the swimming event in the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Japan.

 

 

July 27 Heat Results of our Southeast Asian swimmers

 

Women 100m Freestyle (80 swimmers)

• 31st Quah Ting Wen (Singapore) 56.52
• 58th  Makelyta Singsombath (Laos) 1:01.90
• 63rd Hayley Wong (Brunei) 1:03.48
• 77th Imelda Ximenes Belo (Timor Leste) 1:17.14

Men 200m Backstroke (40 swimmers)

• 29th Hoe Yean Khiew (Malaysia) 2:03.14
• 30th Tonnam Kanteemool (Thailand) 2:03.46
• 34th Hung Nguyen Tran (Vietnam) 2:07.40
• 38th Joel Ling (Brunei) 2:13.07

Women 200m Breaststroke (37 swimmers)

• 22nd En Yi Letitia Sim Singapore) 2:27.73)
• 26th  Phiangkhwan Pawapotako (Thailand) 2:35.12

Men 200m Breaststroke (45 swimmers)

• 31st Maximillian Wei Ang (Singapore) 2:14.63

  34th Thanh Bao Pham (Vietnam) 2:17.89

 

July 28 Heat Results of our Southeast Asian swimmers

 

Men 100m Butterfly (76 swimmers)

• 30th Quah Zheng Wen (Singapore) 52.53
• 32nd Jarold Hatch (Philippines) 52.87
• 35th Bryan Leong Xin Ren (Malaysia) 52.96
• 43rd Navaphat Wongcharoen (Thailand) 53.84
• 53rd Joee Kurniawan (Indonesia) 55.55

 

Women 200m Backstroke (43 swimmers)

• 23rd Xiandi Chua (Philippines) 2:13.80

 

Men 50m Freestyle (123 swimmers)

• 26th Jonathan Eu Jin Tan (Singapore) 22.20
• 48th Tzen Wei Teong (Singapore) 22.76
• 61st Jeremie Loic Luong (Vietnam) 23.39
• 87th Joel Ling (Brunei) 24.96
• 91st  Phansovannarun Montross (Cambodia) 25.36
• 92nd Santisouk Inthavong (Laos) 25.56
• 115th Jolanio Guterres (Timor Leste) 30.36

 

Women 50m Butterfly (66 swimmers)

• 25th Quah Ting Wen (Singapore) 26.67
  28th Jenjira Srisa-Ard (Thailand) 26.78

 

Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay (17 Teams)

• 16th Thailand (7:39.28)
  17th Vietnam (7:44.33)  

 

Women 800m Freestyle (34 swimmers)

• 17th Ching Hwee Gan (Singapore) 8:36.31
  34th Thi My Tien Vo (Vietnam) 9:15.23

 

July 29 

 

Women 50m   Freestyle

• 28th Quah Ting Wen (Singapore) 25.52
• 35th Jenjira Srisa-Ard (Thailand) 25.70
• 47th Jasmine Alkhaldi (Philippines) 26.30
• 98th Imelda Ximenes Belo (Timor Leste) 34.14

 

Men 50m Backstroke

• 32nd Quah Zheng Wen (Singapore) 25.76
• 33rd I Gede Siman Sudartawa (Indonesia) 25.87
• 40th Tonnam Kanteemool (Thailand) 26.39
• 41st Jerard Jacinto (Philippines) 26.41 

 

Women 50m Breaststroke

• 24th En Yi Letitia Sim (Singapore) 31.33
• 33rd Jenjira Srisa-Ard (Thailand) 32.02
• 36th Thanya Angelyn Dela Cruz (Philippines) 32.25 
• 44th Makelyta Singsombath (Laos) 36.83

 

Mixed 4x100m Freestyle

• 20th Singapore (3:30.89)
• 25th Thailand (3:39.38)

 

Swimming at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games

 

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#SEAGames2023 | No Joseph Schooling for Singapore

 

2016 Olympic gold medalist in 100m butterfly Joseph Schooling will be absent for the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.

“After careful consideration with my team, I have decided to pull out of the SEA Games,” the 27-year-old Olympic gold medalist said in a South China Morning Post report.

According to him, he would instead focus on his National Service duties and “cheer” for his teammates from home. 

Schooling is one of the most decorated Asian swimmers ever. A 12-time NCAA champion and 17-time medalist at the University of Texas. He also won 29 gold and 34 in total medals at the Southeast Asian Games.

In 2022, he was suspended from participating in swimming competitions subsequent to his admission of engaging in the illicit consumption of cannabis in Vietnam. 

 

At the last SEA Games in Vietnam, Schooling won two gold medals - in the 100m butterfly and in the 4x100m medley relay. 

 

#SEAGames2023 News | Indonesia & Singapore in Swimming Battle

 

The swimming teams of Indonesia and Singapore had the opportunity to test their swimmers against each other in a friendly competition last weekend.

It was a successful South East Asian Swimming Dual Meet Series short course (25m) between Team Indonesia and Team Singapore that took place at Aquatic Stadium, Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event was held from the 28th to 29th of January 2023.

 

Indonesia broke some national records in this dual meet series that give a positive outcome for the team. For instance, Gusti Ayu Made Nadya Saraswati and Adelia are those successful swimmers who broke national records.

Around 40 swimmers competed from both countries over two days. The event is also in preparation to the 32nd Southeast Asian Games to be held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia next May.

 

 

 

 

44th SEA Age Group Swimming Championships 2022

The 44th SEA Age Group Swimming Championships 2022 is being held at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia from the 17th to 19th of December 2022. A total of 423 swimmers from eight (8) Southeast Asian countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippine, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and host Malaysia) are participating in this event.

 

Day 1 Top 3 Finishers

 

Day 2 Top 3 Finishers

 

Day 3 - Top 3 Finishers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swimming at the 20th ASEAN University Games (AUG) 2022

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Swimming - Medal Tally

Swimming is one of the sports that offered most of the medals in the 2022 ASEAN University Games being held in Ban Yang Noi Campus in Thailand. Swimming offered 38 events and Thailand won most of the gold medals.

 

Below are the results (time).

 

Day 1 - 26th July

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Day 2 - 27th July

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Day 3 - 28th July

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Day 4 - 29th July

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#SEAGames2021 News 053 | 23 Swimmers For Team Singapore in Hanoi SEA Games

 

 

Twenty-three (23) swimmers will see action for Team Singapore at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. 

 

Nine (9) female and fourteen (14) male swimmers will composed the Singapore swimming team in the biennial meet.

Spearheaded by 2016 Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling, the men's squad includes Teong Tzen Wei, Pang Sheng Jun, Jonathan Tan, Glen Lim, Ardi Azman, Maximillian Ang and Gabriel Koo. 

 

Also competing for the men's events are Mitchell Ang, Mikkel Lee, Ong Jung Yi, Darren Chua, Ephraim Tan and 2019 SEA Games best male athlete Quah Zheng Wen.

For the women's side, the swimmers are Amanda Lim, Quah Jing Wen, Bonnie Yeo, Christie Chue, Gan Ching Hwee, Ashley Lim, Chan Zi yi, Letitia Sim and Quah Ting Wen.

With solid swimming team for 31st SEA Games, Singapore is still favorite to dominate the swimming competition. 

 

Their close rival will be host Vietnam whose swimmers trained in Europe with some new discovered young swimmers like the brother of retired Nguyễn ("the mermaid') Thị Ánh Viên.

 

The swimming competition will be held at the Mỹ Đình Aquatics Center from May 14 to 19 with 40 events.

 

At the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines, Singapore team won 37 medals including the 23 gold medals.

#SEAGames2021 News 049 | Strong Indonesian Swimming Team For Hanoi SEA Games

 

The Indonesian Swimming Association (Persatuan Renang Seluruh Indonesia) has released the names of swimmers that will represent Team Indonesia in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam.

The strong 16-man team is composed mostly of veteran swimmers and SEA Games medalists. The swimmers together with 8 officials comprised the swimming team for the biennial meet.

2019 SEA Games gold medalist I Gede Siman Sudartawa will lead the team along with 2020 Tokyo Olympians Aflah Fadlan Prawira and Azzahra Permatahani. Also in the list is 2017 SEA Games breaststroke swimmer Gagarin Nathaniel Yus.

 

To strengthen more technical exercises, the team is said to have a training camp in Bali until April 17 and plans to compete in the 25m (short course) championships.

Below are the names that will represent Indonesia in swimming at the 31st SEA Games. 

#SEAGames2021 News 025 | Vietnam's Swimmer Anh Vien Retires

 

 

Vietnam's most decorated swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien who has won numerous medals at international competitions for Vietnam has decided to retire and will not take part in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in May according to a report by VietnamNet.

The decision was made following her resounding triumph at a national swimming tournament held recently in Thua Thien-Hue province.

 

On her Facebook page, Anh Vien expressed thanks to her followers for their support during the past 12 years and she now wants to live a normal life and learn new things.

 

She also mentioned that her health is not good compare before to achieve good results in swimming. Meanwhile, General Administration of Sports was trying to persuade her to compete at SEA Games 31 to be hosted by Vietnam in May 2022.

 

At the 2019 SEA Games, Anh Vien bagged 6 gold medals and two bronze medals. She was also hailed as best athlete in 30th SEA Games together with Singaporean swimmer Quah Zheng Wen.

 

#SEAGames2021 News 009 | Cambodia Swimming Team Starts Preparation

 

 

 

Despite not identified among the sports that can deliver medal for Cambodia at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, the Cambodian swimming team started its training.

 

Currently there are twenty-two national swimmers for Cambodia. Four of which are based abroad. These are Kaing Muynin, Mei-Li Tan Minnich and Matthew Bennici who are based in the United States while  Cambodian-American swimmer Sovann Montross is currently based in Phuket, Thailand.

The Cambodia-based national swimmers are training mostly at the swimming pools in the Olympic Stadium and Morodok Techo National Stadium. 

The Khmer Swimming Federation (KSF) has plan to revive the swimming team ahead of the 2023 SEA Games where Cambodia is about host.

 

The KSF is also planning to send 10 swimmers to train in China in preparation for the 2021 and 2023 SEA Games.

 

Last January 2022, Cambodia held its national swimming championships and at the first week of November 2021, an open water championships was being held.  

Cambodia has not yet won medal in many past editions of SEA Games.

#SEAGames2021 News 008 | Indonesia Swimming Team Started SEA Games Training

 

Sixteen national swimmers are now training in preparation for the 31st Southeast Asian Games to be held in Vietnam from May 12 to 23.

 

The training started last February 3 at the at the Aquatic Stadium, Gelora Bung Karno led by Head Coach Albert Sutanto and Foreign Coach Michael Piper from Australia. 

Indonesia won 14 medals at the 2019 SEA Games held in Manila including one gold medal courtesy of I Gede Siman Sudartawa in the 50 meter backstroke.

 

The following are training for the 31st SEA Games.

Men: I Gede Siman Sudartawa, Glen Victor Sutanto, Gagarin Nathaniel Yus, Aflah Fadlan Prawira, Farrel Armandio Tangkas, Andi Muhammad Nurrizka, Erick Ahmad Fathoni, Reza Bayu Prasetyo, Joe Aditya.  

Women: Azzahra Permatahani, Patricia Yosita, AA Istri Kania Ratih, Adinda Larasati Dewi, Anandia Treciel Vanessae Evato, Flairene Candrea, Angel Gabriella Yus.

 

 

#SEAGames2021 News 005 | Young Swimmers Could Potentially Banner Singapore Flag

With less than 100 days before the 31st Southeast Asian Games to be held Hanoi, Singapore could potentially field few of its young swimmers together with the veteran and decorated swimmers for the biennial meet.

After a disappointing results from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan, Singapore swimming team is in rebuilding process with Gary Tan as the newly appointed head coach.

 

With three major games in 2022, Tan will be busy together with his team which includes NTC assistant coach Gustavo Schirru, national athletic development co-ordinator Thng Shiqi, and NTC assistant coaches Lionel Khoo and Alex Mordvincev.

 

Their first major assignment is the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam on May and could possibly see a young squad competing in the games.

 

The other two major events are the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in July and the Asian Games in China this September. 

Posted on the Facebook account of Singapore Swimming Association (SSA), a full pack of aquatic events are calendared from February to April this year for the Singaporeans.

 

Last November 2021 at the 9th Singapore National Swimming Championships (Short Course Metres), nine swimmers set 20 new records. 

 

With these calendar of events and records broken, Singapore could possibly repeat its dominance in SEA Games this May having host Vietnam as a threat.

 

At the 2019 SEA Games in Manila, Singapore dominated the swimming events with 37 medals which includes 23 gold medals.

 

 

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SEA Games 2019 News 066: Philippine Swimming United

The last time the Philippine national swimmers won gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games was in Vientiane SEA Games in 2009.

The Philippines won four gold medals courtesy of Ryan Arebalo, Daniel Coakley and the bemedalled Miguel Molina.

Since then, the Philippine swimming team was unable to win gold medal in its campaign in SEA Games editions.

After years of disorder, a good news and development happened as its national federation Philippine Swimming Inc. and other swimming organizations has started to unite for the purpose of bringing opportunities and growth  for Filipino swimmers.

But mainly, its best purpose is to produce the best swimmers for international competitions like the SEA Games.

Several weeks ago, FINA-recognized Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI)  had its successful swimming event which welcomed Philippine Swimming League (PSL) swimmers.

With this recent development, the challenge now is the upcoming competitions such as SEA Age-group in Cambodia next month and the upcoming Southeast Asian Games which the country is hosting this November.

This small step of unification will give a better future not only for Philippine swimming itself but to all Filipino swimmers.

SEA Games 2019 News 042: Swimming Trials for Team Brunei

Brunei who skipped its hosting right for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games will hold its qualifying meet for those who wants to represent the country in the sport of swimming.

The 27th Brunei Age Group Swimming Championships will serve as the qualifying meet.

The three-day swimming event will be held on April 19 to 21 at the National Aquatics Centre of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas.

It will not just a qualifying meet for the 30th SEA Games but also a qualifying meet for SEA Age Group Championships to be held in Phnom Penh on June 28 to 30.

Some of the aspiring swimmers wanting to represent Brunei are fourteen-year old Emma Yusuf, Jacqueline Lim and Muhammad Isa Ahmad.

Yusuf set a new national open record in the women's 200m breaststroke event while Lim also set a new national record in the women’s 400m Individual Medley at the recent 4^th Brunei Open & Masters Swimming Championships.

At the same championships, the 21-year old Ahmad won 10 gold medals and set seven new records.

At the last SEA Games 2017 in Malaysia, there were no Brunei swimmers.  

SEA Games 2019 News 041: Swimming Threat Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên Training in US

Vietnam became a very strong country in swimming compared to its Southeast Asian neighbors. In fact, they won 10 gold medals at the 2017 SEA Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Of the ten gold medals, eight golds were contributed by Olympian Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên who is now intensively training in the United States.

Vien who already won a total of 19 gold medals in four editions of Southeast Asian Games is heavily invested and sponsored amounting to 170,000-180,000 USD by the state.

Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has invested 30 billion VND (1.3 million USD) to help prepare the 27 head coaches and 66 athletes which Vien is also a recipient.

As reported, she is receiving sponsorship money more than Vietnam's track and field athletes combined. 

With all those financial supports she is receiving, she is expected to lead Vietnam's swimming team at the 30th Southeast Asian Games to be held in the Philippines. Vien is expected to win no less than eight gold medals at the biennial meet.

Aside from the 2019 SEA Games, she is also preparing to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and for the World Swimming Championships to be held in Korea this July.