World Championships: Quah Zheng Wen misses out on 200m fly semi-finals
Singapore swimmer Quah Zheng Wen narrowly missed out on a semi-final spot in the 200m butterfly event at the FINA World Championships.
During the heats in Budapest, Hungary, Quah clocked 1 minute 56.76 seconds in his heat. His personal best is 1:56.01, set during the same race during the Olympics last year.
He finished 18th overall out of 44 swimmers. The top 16 swimmers from the heats advance to the semi-finals.
Hungarian Laszlo Cseh was the fastest qualifier in 1:54.08.
“I felt quite strong the whole way through, I feel like I could have gone harder definitely,” admitted Quah.
Earlier in the week, Quah also missed out on a semi-final spot in the 100m backstroke after finishing 18th overall in the heats.
Quah has three more events – the 100m butterfly, 200m backstroke and 50m backstroke.
On Monday night, compatriot Joseph Schooling finished fifth in the 50m butterfly. He had clocked a new Asian and national record in the semi-finals in a time of 22.93s.
He has two more events – the 100m freestyle and his pet event, the 100m butterfly, where he he won the Olympic gold medal in Rio last year.
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