Singapore swimmer Gan Ching Hwee smashes second national record at World Aquatics Championships
At the World Aquatics Championships Arena in Kallang, the 22-year-old clocked a time of 16:01.29 to eclipse her previous record of 16:10.13, which was set at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She finished third in her heat, with the final heat yet to be completed.
On Sunday, Gan clocked a time of 4:09.81 in the women's 400m freestyle. This broke Lynette Lim's national mark that was set at the December 2009 SEA Games.
She finished 13th overall in the heats, with Canada's Summer Mcintosh winning the event.
Gan has been in fine form in recent times.
At last year's Paris Olympics, she set two national records in the 800m freestyle and 1500m freestyle. She was the first Singaporean female swimmer to do so at the Games since Tao Li (100m backstroke) in 2012.
Gan will next turn her attention to the 200m freestyle on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Quah Zheng Wen clocked a season's best time in the men's 100m breaststroke. He finished 29th overall and did not move on to the final.
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