Killian (front, on Lane 7) in action in this photo, taken during one of the event’s heats in the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia.

NATIONAL swimming sensation Killian Ung is hitting a new high after transforming from a traditional swimmer to a ‘finswimmer’.

Dubbed the ‘Flying Fish from Sarawak’, the 25-year-old aspires to bag home some honours as he prepares for the 33rd South East Asia (SEA) Games in Thailand later this year.

Killian admits that it is not going to be an easy battle for him as finswimming does not receive the same support or recognition from the Malaysian government, unlike the traditional swimming, which is among the nation’s core sports.

To excel, he knows it is a big challenge to churn out convincing results, deemed as a pre-requisite to popularise finswimming.