SINGAPORE: Months after disappointment and despair at the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Singapore women's 4x100m medley team rebounded in style as they set a new national record en route to qualifying for the Paris Olympics.

In the heats of the event at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday (Feb 18), Quah Ting Wen, Quah Jing Wen, Letitia Sim and Levenia Sim clocked a time of 4:02.88 to finish fifth in their heat and ninth overall, just one spot shy of the final.