Local swimmer Lancy Chen won gold at the national Student (Youth) Games on Saturday, for her stellar breaststroke performance, according to a statement released by the Sports Bureau.
Chen, a fourth-form student at Sacred Heart Canossian College, won the 50-metre competition with a time of 31.62 seconds. Her medal was Macao’s first in the Games, which are being held in Nanning, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The swimmer also broke the Macao record and will now prepare for the World Championship in February next year, TDM reports.
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Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U watched Chen swim, and offered “warm congratulations” after the athlete received her medal, the bureau said.
Macao sent a sizable delegation of 174 athletes to the first iteration of the Student (Youth) Games, with entrants competing in 17 different disciplines.
The 10-day multisport event is set to wind up on 15 November.
