Schoolboy Geoffrey Cheah broke a 24-year-old Hong Kong swimming record and won two gold and a silver medal at the highly rated British Age Group Championships in Sheffield.
Geoffrey's performance showed that he has the potential to compete with the world's best at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, his coach, Michael Fasching, said.
The 14-year-old broke three Hong Kong junior and three Hong Kong age-group records at the meeting last week.
He beat Britain's elite swimmers in his category to claim the gold medal in the 200 metres backstroke (2 minutes, 11.65 seconds) and 100m backstroke (1 minute, 33 seconds). Both times were new Hong Kong age-group and junior records.
In the 100m freestyle, he clocked a phenomenal 54.13 seconds to take the silver medal. His effort helped break Johnny Li's oldest Hong Kong age-group record set in 1981, as well as Arthur Li's junior record (1988).
In the 200m individual medley, he came 11th, setting a new personal best of 2 minutes, 18.46 seconds.
'Geoffrey meant business at a high-class meet,' said Fasching. 'He proved too strong for some of the best young swimmers from Britain.