Story by Nicole Lum/Red Sports. Photos by Clara Yuan/Red Sports
Lawrence Tay set a new Games Record of 34.52 seconds in the Men’s S14 50m backstroke, shattering the previous record of 36.1 seconds by more than a second. (Photo 1 © Clara Yuan/Red Sports)
OCBC Arena, Tuesday, December 8, 2015 — Singapore’s Lawrence Tay came away with a spectacular medal haul of one gold, one silver and three bronzes at the 8th ASEAN Para Games. He also set a new Games Record of 34.52 seconds in the Men’s S14 50m backstroke, shattering the previous record of 36.1 seconds by more than a second.
Tay’s silver came from the SM14 200m Individual Medley (IM), a mere 40 minutes before his winning swim in the 50m backstroke. After completing the 200m IM in 2:45.29 minutes, Tay immediately went straight to the 50m backstroke in which he dominated and smashed the Games Record.
On that feat, Tay said: “I’m pretty happy with my results. I didn’t have proper warm down after the IM so I had cramps and suffered an asthma attack after both events. I had back-to-back events so I was very tired.” Tay had to cope with nine events in four days, especially one day that had four races.
“i just went all out for my last event,” added the 21-year-old when asked about how he managed to push through the fatigue.
Tay also bagged the bronze medals in the SB14 50m breaststroke, S14 100m backstroke and SB14 100m breaststroke, clocking 36.26s, 1:17.14 minutes and 1:20.38 minutes respectively.
“The Games Record for the 50m backstroke was a surprise to me. I was shocked,” said Tay on his results. “I’m happy and excited. This is my present for Singapore’s 50th birthday and it will serve as motivation for my other upcoming races.”
Men’s S14 50m Backstroke Results
1st Tay Wei Siang Lawrence (Singapore) – 34.52s (GR)
2nd Han Liang Chou (Singapore) – 35.94s
3rd Ting Jin Ping (Malaysia) – 36.32s
4th Bryan James Seow Wei Hwa (Singapore) – 41.55s
5th Punya Hommalai (Thailand) – 42.37s
6th Dej Maneerat (Thailand) – 44.13s
Men’s SM14 200m IM Results
1st Yoong Chung Wei (Malaysia) – 2:41.70 (GR)
2nd Tay Wei Siang Lawrence (Singapore) – 2:45.29
3rd Han Liang Chou (Singapore) – 2:47.48
4th Punya Hommalai (Thailand) – 3:07.55
Men’s SB14 50m Breaststroke Results
1st Han Liang Chou (Singapore) – 35.23s (GR)
2nd Yoong Chung Wei (Malaysia) – 36.10s
3rd Tay Wei Siang Lawrence (Singapore) – 36.26s
4th Dej Maneerat (Thailand) – 41.76s
5th Ting Jin Ping (Malaysia) – 42.21s
6th Joshua Tang Jin Lin (Singapore) – 51.41s
Men’s S14 100m Backstroke Results
1st Tan Eng Kiong Benson (Singapore) – 1:12.30 (GR)
2nd Yoong Chung Wei (Malaysia) – 1:15.78
3rd Tay Wei Siang Lawrence (Singapore) – 1:17.14
4th Ting Jin Ping (Malaysia) – 1:19.60
5th Han Liang Chou (Singapore) – 1:19.71
6th Punya Hommalai (Thailand) – 1:34.77
7th Dej Maneerat (Thailand) – 1:36.72
Men’s SB14 100m Breaststroke Results
1st Han Liang Chou (Singapore) – 1:19.06
2nd Yoong Chung Wei (Malaysia) – 1:20.09
3rd Tay Wei Siang Lawrence (Singapore) – 1:20.38
4th Tan Eng Kiong Benson (Singapore) – 1:23.06
5th Deg Maneerat (Thailand) – 1:36.96
6th Punya Hommalai (Thailand) – 1:37.60
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