Swimming: Quah Zheng Wen focusing on 200m fly for world championships and aiming for final spot

Quah Zheng Wen celebrates after winning gold in the SEA Games 100m men’s backstroke final at at the National Aquatic Centre in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 24, 2017. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Quah Zheng Wen is aiming for quality instead of quantity in his third outing at the Fina World Championships and has chosen to focus primarily on one individual event, the 200m butterfly, while also targeting a place in the final.

In Budapest two years ago, the swimmer entered five events (50m, 100m and 200m backstroke, 100m and 200m fly) but did not progress from the heats in any.

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