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EMERGING STARS
(Lynette Lim & Shana Lim Shine In Swim Meets)
By Joshua Tan
They may be worlds apart in terms of location but Lynette Lim in the USA and Shana Lim (pix) in Singapore are shinning brightly with brilliant swims. The former smashed her own national 800m free and 1,500m free marks at a meet in California while the latter stunned SEA Games champion Tao Li in the women's 200m back at the current national championships.
New Records
Swimming at the TYR Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo, California, Lynette clocked 17min 8.63sec to smash her own national 1,500m free record of 17:24.26. Earlier in the meet, she also broke her own national 800m mark of 8:58.35 with her effort of 8:55.43. The 15-year-old, who also holds the national 400m free mark (4:20.20), is now the undisputed queen of distance swimming in Singapore.
Creating A Stir
Meanwhile,at the Singapore Sports School pool, Shana, 14, created a stir when she clocked 2min 23.05sec to win the 200m back ahead of the much-fancied Tao Li ( 2:26.14) who also lost to Goh Wan Ting (2:24.44). Other swimmers who have shown good form at the meet, which is still going on, include Zhao Lunan in the women's 50m breast ( 33.96 sec) and Zach Ong in the men's 200m back (2:08.37). For more results, go to:http://www.swimming.org.sg
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