The Auckland swimmer Lauren Boyle has won the 800 freestyle on the opening night of the World Cup Asian circuit meet in Singapore.
Boyle held off the charge from Spanish stars Mireia Belmonte, the triple world short course champion and double Olympic medallist, and Melanie Costa, also a world short course champion.
The result was encouraging for Boyle who only returned to the pool in late September and has not had any significant competition other than the national short course championships where she race a number of off-strokes.
Boyle won the 800 freestyle at the 2012 world short course championships.
