Hoe Yean, Rouxin Get Wild Card Tickets To Paris Olympics
KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 (Bernama) -- Two national swimmers, Steve Khiew Hoe Yean and Tan Rouxin, are the latest athletes set to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
This development was confirmed by Malaysian Swimming Federation (MAS) secretary-general Andy Low, who informed that both swimmers will make their debut at the prestigious Games using wild card tickets granted by World Aquatics.
"Their names have been submitted to the Olympic Council of Malaysia. Hoe Yean will compete in the 400m freestyle while Tan Rouxin will participate in the 100m breaststroke," he said when contacted by Bernama.
Before this, 22 national athletes had confirmed their participation in the Paris Olympics, with diver Bertrand Rhodict Lises being the first to qualify.
In other developments, two national divers, Ooi Tze Liang and Nur Dhabitah Sabri, still have a chance to qualify for the Paris Olympics through excess quotas not utilised by athletes from other countries.
National diving squad technical director, Bryan Nickson Lomas said that the decision regarding the vacant quotas will be known by July 8.
The 2024 Olympic Games are scheduled to take place from July 26 to Aug 11.
-- BERNAMA
