31st SEA Games: News In Brief

From R. Vikneswaran

HANOI, Might 17 (Bernama) — Following are news-in-brief gadgets involving Malaysian athletes on the thirty first SEA Video games right here immediately:

Badminton: Males’s Crew Set Up Finals Encounter With Thailand

Malaysia got here again from behind to beat Singapore 3-2 within the semi-finals of the group occasion and arrange an encounter in opposition to Thailand within the closing on the Bac Giang Gymnasium, on Wednesday.

Shaqeem Eiman Shahyar emerged because the hero when he grabbed the successful level by beating Joel Koh 21-10, 21-17.

Earlier, the nation’s first singles consultant Jacky Kok Jing Hong was no match for world champion Loh Kean Yew as he misplaced 12-21, 12-21, whereas Man Wei Chong-Wan Arif Wan Junaidi succumbed 19-21, 13-21 to Terry Hee Yong Kai-Loh Kean Hean.

Being 0-2 down, younger shuttler Lee Shun Yang displayed a commendable efficiency by recording a 21-12, 21-23, 21-16 victory over Singapore’s extra skilled participant, Jason Teh Jia Heng.

This definitely lifted the spirits of the group as Chen Tang Jie-Mohd Haikal Nazri then went on to stage the rating by beating Andy Kwek Jun Liang-Danny Chrisnanta 21-17, 21-15, earlier than Shaqeem wrapped up the victory in fashion.

Thailand superior to the ultimate after a shock 3-2 win in opposition to defending champions Indonesia.

Golfers Shine on the Course

The nation’s males’s and ladies’s golfers placed on a stellar efficiency as they superior to the finals of their respective group occasions on the Heron Lake Golf Course & Resort immediately.

Nevertheless, they are going to face a stiff problem in opposition to favourites Thailand for the gold.

In immediately’s semi-finals, Ervin Chang, who received gold within the particular person occasion two days in the past continued his glorious type as he paired up with Marcus Lim to beat Indonesia 2-1 within the males’s class.

Thailand, the defending champions within the males’s group occasion, defeated Singapore 3-0.

In the meantime, Jeneath Wong and Mirabel Ting confirmed Malaysia’s slot within the ladies’s group closing after recording a 2-0 victory over Singapore.

They may face the Thai group who booked their slot by defeating the Philippines within the playoffs after each groups had been tied 1-1, in one other semi-final match.

Archery: Confirmed Medal in Recurve Occasion

The recurve archery squad has an opportunity to seize no less than a silver medal as Olympians Khairul Anuar Mohamad and Syaqiera Mashayikh superior to the combined group recurve closing, after beating the Vietnamese 5-4, within the semi-finals.

The nationwide archers additionally superior to the bronze medal matches for the lads’s particular person and group occasions, in addition to the ladies’s group occasion.

Silver from Poomsae Occasion

Taekwondo athlete Jason Lavatory contributed a silver medal by way of the person Poomsae occasion, scoring 7.732 factors.

Host nation consultant Quoc Viet Pham grabbed the gold with 8.049 factors, whereas Sippakorn Wetchakornpatiwong (7.566) of Thailand and Muhammad Alfi Kusuma (7.566) of Indonesia shared the bronze.

Malaysia additionally received bronze within the ladies’s group occasion with 7.866 factors, with Vietnam (8.016) and Thailand (7.882) taking the highest two spots.

Within the ladies’s particular person Poomsae occasion, Nurul Hidayah Abdul Karim missed out on the bronze when she completed fourth with 7.482 factors.

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