{"id":5425,"date":"2025-10-30T21:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2025-10-30T21:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:04:26","slug":"sunk-by-a-stronger-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/sunk-by-a-stronger-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunk by a stronger field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The gulf in the standards between the Cambodian junior swimmers and the rest of Asia was quite evident at the Asian Youth Games in Bahrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As in the previous days at the Khalifa Sports City Swimming Pool, none of the Cambodian swimmers were able to progress past the heats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sok Esarak clocked 31.35 in the boys&#8217; 50m breaststroke&nbsp;Heat 3, finishing 6<sup>th<\/sup> in the race and 24<sup>th<\/sup> overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Heat 5, Lim Sokvearaksak only managed a 32.07, finishing 6<sup>th<\/sup> in the race and 27<sup>th<\/sup> overall out of the 38 swimmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the boys&#8217; 200m Individual Medley&nbsp;Heat 3, Lim finished in a time of 2:24.90 with split times of 29.68, 1:08.44 and 1:49.36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pieter Vanoosten was the faster of the two Cambodians in the event. 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