Malaysia Selects 12 Swimmers for 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (ASUM) has selected 12 swimmers for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, according to local news site The Star.

The team will be lead by breaststroker Christina Loh, who swept the 100 and 200 meter breaststrokes at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games as part of a 4 gold, 11 medal performance at last year’s Southeast Asian Games.

Though Loh will be there, and will have a shot at finaling in the breaststroke races, absent from the event will be the country’s best breaststroker: Siow Yi Ting. She was the country’s highest-finishing swimmer at the 2013 World Championships, but the three-time Olympian retired lat in 2013.

As she exits, Chui Lai Kwan returns after a three year absence from the National Team. The 24-year old is the National Record holder in both the 50 free (26.02) and 100 free (57.59) in long course meters.

The Roster:

Women

  • Chui Lai Kwan
  • Khoo Cai Lin*
  • Erika Kong
  • Cristina Loh*
  • Nadia Adrianna Redza Abdullah
  • Yap Siew Hui

Men

  • Vernon Lee
  • Lim Ching  Hwang*
  • Welson Sim
  • Tern Jian Han
  • Shaun Yap*
  • Kevin Yeap*

* member of Malaysia’s 2013 World Championships team.

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