Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- Sri Lanka's Jayden De Silva continued his impressive form by winning Heat 1 of the boys' 100m backstroke with a new personal best on the third day of the swimming at the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Manama, Bahrain yesterday.

The 15-year-old from Stafford International School, who trains with Killer Whale Aquatics, clocked 1 minute 05.82 seconds, improving his previous best of 1:07.06 by nearly two seconds.

This marked De Silva's second consecutive heat victory at the Games, after he also won his 50m butterfly heat the previous day with another personal best performance.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's youngest swimmer in the squad, 15-year-old Julie Hope, also impressed with her best-ever timing in the girls' 100m backstroke,...