The Hoosier swimmer beat her own personal best to reset her country’s national record in the women’s 800-meter freestyle.
Ching Hwee Gan set the Singaporean national record in the women’s 800-meter freestyle. Again.
Gan hit a time of 8:32.37 in her preliminary heat of the event on Friday, knocking just under two seconds off of her previous best time. She ultimately finished 11th in the event overall.
It wasn’t exactly an ideal start to the race for Gan, according to The Straits Times. Gan experienced a stomachache after warmups and then her heat was delayed for separate reasons. Nevertheless, she was able to perform and break her previous record set at June’s Singapore National Swimming Championships.
“The past few days have been quite emotional, being so happy from my best time on Tuesday and then having to bring myself back down and refocus coming into today’s meet,” Gan told The Straits Times. “I think I did that pretty all right, I wouldn’t give myself an awesome job in terms of doing that because we had a bit of hiccups this morning with a little stomachache, I had to make a quick dash to the toilet right before the race, but I’m just really grateful to be here.”
Previously in this Olympics, Gan reset the national record in the 1,500-meter freestyle with a time of 16:10.13.