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Less Volume, More Gold - How a 15 year old achieved a 50M Fly Gold at SUKMA 2026
September 15, 2026

Less Volume, More Gold - How a 15 year old achieved a 50M Fly Gold at SUKMA 2026

Nishan Christopher Manuel trains five days a week — lighter than almost everyone he raced against. At his first SUKMA, it produced a gold medal in the 50m butterfly.

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Less Volume, More Gold - How a 15 year old achieved a 50M Fly Gold at SUKMA 2026

Nishan Christopher Manuel trains five days a week — lighter than almost everyone he raced against. At his first SUKMA, it produced a gold medal in the 50m butterfly.

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Learning the Gap Featured
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Learning the Gap

At 16, Ashton Low Cheok Fung took the loss to Italy as a lesson, found his nerve against Russia, and helped Malaysia claw back an 11–10 win they nearly let slip. A conversation about scorelines, distance, and staying Malaysian from a pool in Singapore.

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Four Legs, One Record - How Penang Pulled Off One of the Greatest Swims in SUKMA 2026 Featured
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Four Legs, One Record - How Penang Pulled Off One of the Greatest Swims in SUKMA 2026

The little state up north that said enough is enough — it's time to win.

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Built to Feel Different - the F1RST Pro Swim Series pushes the Boundaries in Club Meets Featured
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Built to Feel Different - the F1RST Pro Swim Series pushes the Boundaries in Club Meets

Coach Noey set out to make competitive swimming feel like a real final — every time. In its second year, the F1RST Pro Swim Series is building a case that Thailand’s swim meets don’t have to look the way they always have.

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Two Months, One Coach, One Gold Featured
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Two Months, One Coach, One Gold

Emmanuel Yung Ming Loh switched training programmes ten weeks before SUKMA. He left the meet with the first swimming gold for a Sabahan man since 2018 — and a case for why he made the jump when he did.

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