BEIJING, Aug 10 (Bernama) - Daniel Bego broke his own national 200m freestyle record in the Olympic heats Sunday night, clocking 1:50.92s to better his previous mark of 1:51.05s at the national 'Water Cube' aquatics centre.
He finished sixth out of seven in the race which was dominated by American swimmer Michael Phelps.
Daniel, who is from Sarawak, holds two other national marks for the 100m butterfly and the 200m butterfly, his remaining events in his Olympics debut.
He is down to race in the 200m butterfly Monday night with hopes of making the semi-finals. He has a best of 1:59.40s.
In the women's 400m freestyle, Khoo Cai Lin faded out, finishing sixth in her heat in 4:23.37s, off her season best of 4:18.20s.
She still has one more event, the 800m freestyle.
-- BERNAMA
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