The 10th Asian Swimming Championship was held in Tokyo from 14 - 20 Nov. This championship held every 4 years, is the biggest swimming event in Asia. Win Tin swimmers achieved great results for the HK Team, and helped HK Team winning 4 medals.

Swimmer Chan Kin Lok has a great performance in 2016, especially in the Swimming World Cup, and continues in the Asian Swimming Championship. She won the silver medal in women 100M butterfly event and broke her personal best time with new record 59.82 seconds. Although she failed to win any medal in Women 50M Butterfly event, she still finished in 27.12 seconds and created her new personal best time.

 

Win Tin Swimming Club - 10th Asian Swimming Championship Chan Kin Lok
Above: Chan Kin Lok (Left) broke her personal best time in women 100M butterfly event.

The remaining three medals came from relay events, first of all was the Women 4 X 200M Freestyle, Chan Kin Lok, Sze Hang Yu and another two HK Team members finished with 8:16.37, and won a bronze medal. After that, our two hottest swimmers helped HK to win the bronze medal in Women 4 X 100M Freestyle with the time 3:47.85. Another Win Tin swimmer Rainbow Ip joined Chan and Sze to played in the Women 4 X 100M Medley Relay and won the bronze medal with the time 4:10.58.

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Above: Sze Hang Yu (Second from the left) and Chan Kin Lok (First from the right) won the bronze medal in Women 4 X 200M Freestyle Relay.
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Above: Rainbow Ip, Chan Kin Lok (First two from the left) and Sze Hang Yu (First from the right) won the bronze medal in Women 4 X 100M Medley Relay.