PETALING JAYA: Malaysian swimmer Khiew Hoe Yean had the privilege of sharing the podium limelight with world champion swimmers Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong and New Zealand’s Lewis Clareburt in the just concluded Mare Nostrum meet in Canet-En-Roussillon, France.

Hoe Yean was one of the handful of Asians who managed to make the podium in the highly competitive swimming meet headlined by multiple Olympic medallists after he clinched third place in the men’s 200m freestyle event.