(UPDATE) WORLD Cup finalist Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh kicked off strong at the SEA Age Group Championships, securing a silver medal on the opening day at the Assumption University Suvarnabhumi Campus swimming pool in Bangkok, Thailand.
Mojdeh narrowly missed the gold medal in the girls’ 16-18 100m butterfly event, finishing with a time of 1:03.40, just behind Thailand’s Thitiphon Kertsriphan (1:03.39).
“We were in distant lanes so that I couldn’t see her. I couldn’t gauge her pace, but I have remaining events to bounce back. I’ll make up for it in my next events,” said Mojdeh, a semifinalist in the 2022 World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru.
Mojdeh, a Behrouz Elite Swimming Team standout, aims to bounce back in three more events — 400 m Individual Medley, 200 m breaststroke and 200 m butterfly.
Besides Mojdeh’s silver, the national junior swimming team also secured one silver and one bronze on the opening day of the three-day meet.
Veteran international campaigner Jamesray Ajido submitted 24.63 seconds to secure the silver medal in the boys’ 14-15 50 m freestyle event.
Jirapat Chayangsu of host Thailand topped the event in 24.11 seconds, while another Thai in Ktanont Petcharatn earned the bronze with a time of 24.79 seconds.
Ivo Nikolai Enot chipped in one bronze in the boys’ 16-18 100 m backstroke.
He registered 58.05 seconds. Indonesian Jason Donovan Yusuf posted a new SEA Age Group record (56.52) to win the gold, while Truong Vinh Trinh of Vietnam took the silver in 57.83 seconds.
