SINGAPORE - National swimmer Quah Ting Wen broke the Singapore record for the short-course 50m freestyle on Monday (Oct 26) while competing in the International Swimming League (ISL) in Budapest, Hungary.
Quah, who competes for ISL team DC Trident, clocked 24.26 seconds at the Duna Arena, eclipsing Amanda Lim's mark of 25.09sec set in 2014.
On setting the national record, she said: "It feels really good, I've wanted it for a long time.
"Singapore has not been very big on short-course meets - our focus has been on long course - and it's only in recent years, at least for me, that I got more interested in it.
"At the beginning of the year, I went under 25 seconds a few times, but it wasn't official and at the back of my mind, I knew I wanted it. It was a mini-personal goal and I'm happy with it."
She finished joint fourth with Cali Condors' Olivia Smoliga in Match Four of the 2020 ISL, behind NY Breakers' Kasia Wasick (23.43) and Iron's Ranomi Kromowidjojo(23.82) and Melanie Henique (23.88).
The 28-year-old Quah had flown to Budapest earlier this month to rejoin DC Trident for a second season of the ISL's team-based short-course competition.
Last year, she lowered the 50m free long-course national record twice and the 100m free long-course record four times - the current times being 24.92 and 54.62 respectively.
