Welson and Co finish second but disqualified minutes later


Take flight: Indonesia’s Nathaniel Gagarin in action during the 100m breaststroke final. He clinched bronze in a time of 1:02.74. — Reuters

JOY turned to sorrow in a space of five minutes for the Malaysian men’s swimming relay quartet of Khiew Hoe Yean, Arvin Shaun Singh, Lim Yin Chuen and Welson Sim.

The quartet clocked 3:20.13 and thought they had taken an unexpected silver medal for Malaysia on the opening night of SEA Games swimming action at the My Dinh Aquatic Centre but they were disqualified.

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