Hoe Yean's medal hopes sink, Malaysian swimmers suffer total Asiad washout
KUALA LUMPUR: Khiew Hoe Yean suffered a shock exit in the men's 400m freestyle heats on the final day of swimming at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games today.
The 24-year-old touched the wall in 3:56.94s to finish 13th overall and miss the final.
His time was 9.56 seconds outside his national record of 3:47.38 and well behind the 3:49.47 he clocked in the 2022 Hangzhou Games final, where he missed bronze by just 0.31s to Vietnam's Nguyen Huy Hoang (3:49.16).
Compatriot Dhuha Zulfikry also missed out on the final after placing 16th overall in 3:58.06.
It was a disappointing morning for Malaysia as all five swimmers across four events failed to advance. In the men's 200m butterfly, Jayden Tan finished 17th overall in 2:04.94, while Goh Li Jie ended in 2:00th place with 2:10.19.
In the men's 50m breaststroke, Andrew Goh clocked 28.28s to place 19th overall, finishing 0.88s outside his national record of 27.40s.
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