One Malaysian athlete has become an internet celebrity overnight thanks to his handsome good looks.

Malaysia's 'Flying Fish' prince

The athlete in question is none other than swimmer Welson Sim, who's representing Malaysia in the 200m and 400m freestyle events.

The 24-year-old has caught the eyes of many on Chinese social media platform Weibo, who praised Sim for having 'princely' features.

Sim’s photos were plastered all over the platform, especially in the #奥运会真的好出神颜啊 (translated to 'Olympics has many god-like faces’) channel.

The channel has over 360 million views to date.

Thirsty Netizens were smitten by Sim's handsome features, with some calling him Malaysia's "Flying Fish" Prince.

In fact, screenshots of Sim at the opening ceremony, which took place on Friday (23 July), were also circulated on the social media platform, with netizens commenting that even wearing a face mask could not hide the athlete's attractive features.

Over on Twitter, Sim has also been setting hearts aflutter:

Welson sim is going viral I ain't complaining ??? just look at him ??pic.twitter.com/05kKWE3S6N

— sam ? (@cloud_stars96) July 24, 2021

as usual welson sim serving lookkksssss ? pic.twitter.com/WNTYuB5YYY

— ai ? (@nvigators) July 23, 2021

simping for welson sim and lee zii jia ... like LOOK... ?? pic.twitter.com/3eobW4IuYC

— char ツ ? (@grrwonwoo) July 25, 2021

Like welson sim brrrr pic.twitter.com/OPL1NBiVej

— Wawa | partially inactive (@wawaivy_) July 23, 2021

Yes p'boom i still remember they won our heart during this time especially welson sim ??? pic.twitter.com/JC2Rcad8ES

— Yin ??️ (@laksabowl) July 24, 2021

Patutla handsome welson sim rupanyaaa https://t.co/bGKjTtXwI5

— ellya (@Elelelellya) July 23, 2021

Sim got his big break when he represented Malaysia at the 2017 Kuala Lumpur SEA games, where he won gold medals in the men's 200m and 400m freestyle categories.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sim is one of only two swimmers to represent the country in the event, the other being Phee Jinq En.