JOLLY GOOD SHOW: The Malaysian team posing with team manager Ho Ruo Bin (fourth left) at the end of the championship in Manila last Sunday. — Photo courtesy of Jackson Ma
KUCHING: Malaysian exponents performed beyond expectations to rake in four gold, three silver and six bronze medals at the 7th Asian Junior Wushu Championship in Manila, Philippines that ended last Sunday.
They surpassed the three-gold medal target set by the Wushu Federation of Malaysia.
Tammy Tan Hui Ling got the 14-member national team, consisting of mainly debutants, to a golden start when she won the gold medal in the Girls C elementary qiangshu by scoring 9.02 points.
Ooi Say Onn followed up by capturing the Boys A 3rd set taijiquan after scoring 9.64 points and Tan Cheong Min took the Girls B nandao gold by scoring 9.45 points.
The fourth gold was delivered by Loh Ying Ting who scored 9.29 points in the Girls A daoshu event.
Ying Ting was the team’s best performer when she also collected the silver in the Girls A 3rd set changquan and bronze in the Girls A gunshu.
Cheong Min also picked up a silver when she scored 9.25 points in Girls B nanquan while Say Onn won a bronze in Boys A taijijian.
The other silver was won by Si Shin Ping who scored 9.25 points in Boys C elementary jianshu.
Meanwhile, Sarawak’s Felicia Ma Hui Qi, who was making her debut at the world junior meet, did not disappoint as she won the bronze in Girls C elementary jianshu with 9.01 points.
The state’s other national exponent, Yong Arifah Khairul Kok, failed to win any medal.
Others who won bronze medals were Fu Fung Zyun (Boys B nandao – 9.13 points), Caleb Kiran Bala (Boys C elementary gunshu) and Khaw Jun Lim (Boys A gunshu – 9.33 points).
Two years ago in Shanghai, Malaysia bagged four gold, six silver and seven bronze medals.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/08/13/national-wushu-team-surpasses-medal-target/#ixzz2xycbPuOX
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