PHNOM PENH – These are Quah Ting Wen’s ninth SEA Games, so nothing much fazes her any more. Not even when the power in their apartment floor of the athletes’ village trips six or seven times. But even she was taken aback in the call room before her 100m freestyle...
Quah said: “Watching her walk out to the blocks, I got a bit emotional. It brought me back to my first Games in Manila in 2005. That was the beginning for me and now to watch these younger kids begin their own careers, it’s heart-warming. She’s cute as well. Did you see the whole field? We’re like all at least a head taller than her.”
She said: “I try not to think about something like that during a Games, but it has definitely been on my mind a little bit more. People do ask me what my plans are. I don’t think it’s pressure for me to think what comes after, but it does make me look forward. While her future is uncertain, Quah – after completing the routine doping tests, returned to the diving pool to put in a few warm-down laps – is also focused on the present. She has three individual events left.Teammate Gan Ching Hwee meanwhile, is compiling her own collection of gold. The 19-year-old won the 400m free to add to the 200m title she clinched on Sunday.She clocked 4min 15.17sec to hold off teammate Ashley Lim and Thai Kamonchanok Kwanmuang .
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