Lim, Teik Huat

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They'll· beboldforgoldvCoach believes change in routinewill payoff for Zvlane-l-luaweiBV LIM TEIK HUAT. IT'S a bold move to change the rou-tine with the competition only threeweeks away but Malaysian syn-chro-nised swimming coach Long Yan isoptimistic her charges can still deliv-er the gold. 'The Chinese coach decided, tochange the routine for. Zylane LeeYhing Huey-Gan Hua Wei in theduet technical after the duo fin-ished behind Singapore's DebbieSoh-Miya Yang at the WorldAquatics Championships inBudapest, Hungary, last month.Zylane-Hua Wei were placed31st with 73.157 points comparedto the Singaporeans' 74.739 pointsfor 28th spot.Zylane, 25, is the most experi-~ted, member in the squad andwas paired off with the 18-year-olp. Hua Wei after her partnerKatrina Ann' Hadi retired at the.@-Iul of 2015.Zylane-Katrina delivered thefirst gold for Malaysia in the duettechnical and free routine com-bined at the 2015 'Singapore'Games. ,"We saw our weaknesses at theWorld Championships so wedecided to go for a new routine. Itwill be hard to fight Singaporewith our previous routine."I'm confident Zylane and Hua,Wei can fight for the duet techni-. cal gold (on Friday). This is our'best chance for gold," said LongYan. 'Synchronised swimming startswith two golds up for grabs in thesolo technical and solo free events atthe National Aquatic Centre in BukitJalil today. .Gan Hua Wei and Gan Zhen Yu,will compete in the solo technical, Game for change: Malaysia's synchronised swimmers Zylane Lee Yhing'Huey (left) a~d ~an Hua Wei.Below: Hua Illf.t!iinaction at the WorldChampionships In Budapest on July 14. - A"F,P .while Zylane andFoong Yan Nie are .~down for the solo free event.The competition ends on Sundaywith two more golds to be decided inthe duet free and team free events."We hope to win two out of the'five events contested."It will be very tough for us to fightSingapore in the team free event:Except for Zylane, the other girls arerelatively new to synchronisedswimming."Malaysia enjoyed their best-everouting in synchronised swimming at 'the 2011 Indonesia Games. Then,they made a clean sweep of all fivegolds. 'But without the services ofKatrina, Malaysia are unlikely torepeat the achievement at theseGames.

They'll be bold for gold: coach believes change in routine will payoff for Zylane-Hua Wei

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They'll be bold for gold: coach believes change in routine will payoff for Zylane-Hua Wei

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