SURABAYA, National women’s swimmer Phee Jing Eng Selepas has announced her hiatus from swimming today, after winning a gold and silver medal at the ongoing Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) University Games (AUG) 2024.
She intends to take a break upon her return home to Malaysia after two challenging years of juggling her roles as a student and athlete.
‘A gold and a silver at this AUG is a good achievement to me. I’ve done my best as I’ve gone through two events back to back. Now I can ‘breathe’ again and relax after two years of studying and training. I’m not going to further my studies,’ she told reporters at the Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia (KONI) poolside here today, as she expressed satisfaction about her final appearance at AUG.
Jinq En’s gold came in the women’s 50 metres (m) breaststroke on Wednesday, and her silver was from the women’s 200m breaststroke yesterday.
Even though she lost out on the gold, Jing En managed to record her best time this season in the event with 2:33
.89 seconds.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency