The final will take place on Monday, where he is the only Asian representative.
SINGAPORE, June 19 : Asean's fastest swimmer Teong Tzen Wei improved on his own 50m butterfly personal best to make it to his first World Aquatics Championships final.
Earlier, he had advanced from Heat 8 when he came in sixth out of 10 swimmers in 23.51. His previous personal best of 23.04 was set when he won at the event at the Hanoi SEA Games in May.The fastest finalist is 2017 winner Ben Proud followed by reigning world champion Caeleb Dressel . Italian Thomas Ceccon also clocked 22.79.
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