Jayden savours new national record and picture taken with Olympic champion Marchand


With Leon in Lion City: Swimmer Jayden Tan (left) posing with Leon Marchand and Goh Li Hen in Singapore.

PETALING JAYA: It was double joy for Malaysian swimmer Jayden Tan on the final day of the World Cup in Singapore.

The 20-year-old not only broke his short course national record in the men’s 400m individual medley but savoured the experience of taking a picture with reigning Olympic Games champion and swimming’s current global star Leon Marchand of France.

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