MY: SEA GAMES: RESULTS & MEDAL TALLY
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* SEA GAMES: Malaysian in action today
* SEA GAMES: Medal Tally
* SEA GAMES: Winners
Malaysians in action today
ARCHERY
MEN
50m and 30m: Norashid Karim, Rosdi Mulkam, Suharmizi Ismail, Nee
Kok Heng.
WOMEN
50m and 30m: Siti Aishah Sudin, Ooi Sui Yin, Wan Nordiawati Wan
Abdul Ghani, Noresah Abdul Rashid.
ATHLETICS
MEN
800m: S. Vasu and R. Nanda Kumar.
4x100m: Azmi Ibrahim, Watson Nyambek, Hamdi Jaafar, Mohamed Sad
Arshad, Sugang Tumiran.
Shot putt: Mohamed Nazar Abdul Rahim, Petira Ghani.
400m hurdles: Tan Kim Chen.
WOMEN
800m: K. Soloseeni.
BADMINTON
INTER-TEAM FINALS
MEN: vs Indonesia
BASKETBALL
MEN: vs Philippines
WOMEN: vs Indonesia
BILLIARD AND SNOOKER
15-ball team: Sam Chong, Liew Kit Fatt, Yong Kian Foot.
BOWLING (Rayong)
DOUBLES
MEN: Jimmy Lee, Ng Yiew Hup, Gerald Samuel, Azidi Ameran, Kenny
Ang, Allan Chia.
WOMEN: Shalin Zulkifli, Sharon Low, Sarah Yap, Lydia Kwah, Karen
Lian, Lai Kin Ngor.
BOXING
QUARTER-FINALS
Fly: Eddy Suib.
Bantam: Balkis Ahlal.
Light: B. Murugathevan.
Lightwelter: Ramlay Yahya.
Heavy: Che Andli Che Hashim.
CYCLING
MEN
4,000m team pursuit: Edwin Ng, Mohamed Shah Nizam, Mahadir Hamad,
Sallehuddin Hashim.
Sprint: Rosman Alwi, Azrin Hamzi.
DIVING
MEN
10m Flatform: Yeoh Ken Nee, Wong Tee Ming.
WOMEN
10m Flatform: Farrah Begum Abdullah, Ednydia Re.
FENCING
Men's individual epee: Alvin Wong, Tan Joon Huei.
Women's individual epee: Annie Foo, Amy Koh.
GOLF
MEN: Danny Chia, R. Nachimuthu, Rahizam Ramli, Rashid Ismail.
WOMEN: Lim Ai Lian, Lim Siew Ai, Dorothy Ng.
HOCKEY
MEN: vs Myanmar.
SHOOTING
MEN
Air Pistol (individual and team): Mohamed Hashim Desa, Ali Noor
Razif, Ang Chee Choon.
Trap (individual and team) in Bangkok: Peter Lim, Leong Wai Heng,
Gary Goh.
Skeet (individual and team) in Bangkok: Kaw Fun Ying, Ricky Teh,
Goh Kek Chuan.
WOMEN
Standard Rifle Prone (individual and team): Suriani Tahir, Noriha
Abdul Rani, Natrawati Mohamed Noor.
SQUASH
INDIVIDUAL
MEN: Kenneth Low, Tan Tian Huat.
WOMEN: Carrie Yeo, Kuan Choy Lin.
SWIMMING
MEN
100m butterfly: Anthony Ang.
200m backstroke: Lim Keng Kiat.
400m IM: Wan Azlan Abdullah.
WOMEN
200m backstroke: Yip Ai Yoke.
4x100m freestyle: Ho Hsu Eee, Yip Ai Yoke, Chua Yu Ching, Saw Yuit
Wen, Tai Li Leng.
TENNIS
MEN
Singles: R. Ramachandran, Wilson Khoo.
Doubles: Terence Chia-Ramachandran, Wilson Khoo-Effizal Othman.
WOMEN
Singles: Eline Chiew, Khoo Chin Bee.
Doubles: Eline Chiew-Khoo Chin Bee.
TABLE-TENNIS
Men's and women's inter-team.
VOLLEYBALL
MEN: vs Philippines.
WOMEN: vs Indonesia.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Up to 70kg: Rozlimand Harun, Mohamed Rosli Ngah.
Up to 76kg: Asli Udin.
YACHTING (Pattaya)
SECOND RACES
International 420: Elya Moriff Datuk Mohamed Shariff, Izwan Moriff
Datuk Mohamed Shariff, Patricia Kelly, Maxine Ong.
International 470: Razali Mansor, Fauzi Mustaffa, Jasmine Tan,
Azlina Abdul Karim.
Fireball: Djamaluddin Mareng, Chin In.
Enterprise: Abdul Rani Idris, Hariri Chin.
OK Dinghy: Malik Sulaiman.
Laser: Kevin Lim.
Optimist: Ryan Tan.
Super Mod: Lai Ji Hoen.
IMCO-Lightweight: Rocky Cheang.
MEDAL TALLY AS AT DEC 11
G S B Ttl
THAILAND 26 20 15 61
INDONESIA 8 14 15 37
MALAYSIA 7 5 8 20
PHILIPPINES 6 7 7 20
VIETNAM 3 3 4 10
MYANMAR 2 4 4 10
SINGAPORE 4 2 4 10
BRUNEI 0 1 0 1
LAOS 0 0 1 1
CAMBODIA 0 0 0 0
COLOURS OF SUCCESS
GOLD
ATHLETICS
R. Mogan (10,000m walk -- 43:34.01, Games and national record).
SWIMMING
Anthony Ang (200m butterfly -- 2:05.34)
BOWLING
Sharon Low (Singles -- 1,302 pins)
SILVER
SWIMMING
Elvin Chia (200m breaststroke -- 2:23.70)
WEIGHTLIFTING
Mohamed Hidayat Hamidon Arbi (Up to 64kg -- 267.5kg)
BRONZE
ATHLETICS
G. Saravanan (10,000km walk -- 43:46.01)
Azmi Ibrahim (200m -- 21.36)
SHOOTING
Shaari Jasni, Mohamed Sabki Mohamed Din, Abdul Razak Mutalib (50m
free rifle team -- 3,352 pts)
CYCLING
Masliza Nordin (3,000m Individual pursuit -- 4:29.216, National
record)
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* Medal Tally
* Winners
* Malaysians in action today
Medal tally as at Dec 12
G S B Ttl
THAILAND 54 33 32 119
INDONESIA 24 25 29 78
PHILIPPINES 10 18 13 41
MALAYSIA 12 12 20 44
SINGAPORE 8 6 15 29
VIETNAM 3 8 10 21
MYANMAR 2 10 12 24
BRUNEI 0 1 1 2
LAOS 0 0 2 2
CAMBODIA 0 0 0 0
Total 113 113 134 360
COLOURS OF SUCCESS
GOLD
SHOOTING
Kaw Fun Ying, Ricky Teh, Goh Kek Chuan (skeet team, 332), Kaw Fun
Ying (Skeet Individual, 142)
SWIMMING
Anthony Ang (100m butterfly, 55.83. Games record)
SQUASH
Kenneth Low (Individual)
SILVER
ATHLETICS
S. Vasu (800m, 1:48.96), Mohamed Nazar Abdul Rahim (Shot putt,
16.31m), Hamdi Jaafar, Mohamed Sad Arshad, Azmi Ibrahim, Sugang
Tumiran (4x100m, 40.54s)
BADMINTON
Men's inter team
CYCLING
Rosman Alwi (Sprint)
BRONZE
TABLE TENNIS
Men's inter-team
TENNIS
Women's inter-team
BADMINTON
Women's inter-team
SWIMMING
Wan Azlan Abdullah (400m individual medley, 4:33.86s)
SQUASH
Tan Tian Huat (men's individual), Kuan Choy Lin (women's
individual), Carrie Yeo (women's individual)
WEIGHTLIFTING
Asli Rosli Udin (Men's 76 kg, snatch 110, clean 140: total 250)
MALAYSIANS IN ACTION TODAY
ARCHERY
WOMEN
FITA Olympic round: Siti Aishah Sudin, Ooi Sui Yin, Wan Nordiawati
Wan Abdul Ghani
BADMINTON
Individual
MEN
Singles: Rashid Sidek, Ong Ewe Hock
Doubles: Cheah Soon Kit-Yap Kim Hock, Soo beng Kiang-Tan Kim Her
WOMEN
Singles: Chan Chia Fong, Ishwary Boobathy
Doubles: Kuak Sieok Choon-Law Pei Pei, Chor Hooi Yee-Lim Pek Siah
Mixed: Cheah Soon Kit-Kuak Sieok Choon, Mohamed Roslin Hashim-Chor
Hooi Yee
BASKETBALL
MEN: vs Thailand
WOMEN: vs Myanmar
BOWLING
MEN
Trios and Five-man team: Azidi Ameran, Jimmy Lee, Kenny Ang, Allan
Chia, Gerald Samuel, Ng Yiew Hup
WOMEN
Trios and Five-man team: Lydia Kwah, Shalin Zulkifli, Sharon Low,
Karen Lian, Sarah Yap, Lai Kin Ngoh
BOXING
Flyweight: Eddie Suip
Featherweight: Mahmo @ Mamong Ismail
Light Welterweight: Ramli Yahya
Heavyweight: Che Andli Che Hashim
BILLIARD AND SNOOKER
Snooker doubles
EQUESTRIAN
Show jumping: Quazier Ambak, Ram Talib Jami Mohamed, Omar Abdul
Ghani, Shaipul Anuar Shahrom (Team)
FOOTBALL
WOMEN: vs Thailand
GOLF
MEN: Danny Chia, R. Nachimuthu, Rahizam Ramli, Rashid Ismail.
WOMEN: Lim Ai Lian, Lim Siew Ai, Dorothy Ng.
HOCKEY
MEN: vs Singapore
WOMEN: vs Singapore
JUDO
MEN
Half Lightweight: K. Thevaraj
Lightweight: M.T. Mahendran
SHOOTING
MEN
Free Pistol Team and Individual: Mohamed Hashim Desa, Ali Noor
Raziff, Hassan Abdul Hakim
Air rifle Team and Individual: Abdul Mutalib razak, Mejar Jasni
Shaari, Ismail Diran
SILAT
MEN
Class A: Wahid Erol
Class B: Shurdi Chin
Class C: Shabaruddin Che Aini
Class D: Afandi Husain
Class E: Roslan Hamid
WOMEN
Class A: Norfizah Othman
Class B: Norazian Anuar
Class C: Haszlin Shaharuddin
SQUASH
MEN: Team event
WOMEN: Team event
SWIMMING AND DIVING
MEN
200m Freestyle: Anthony Ang, Die Ung
200m Individual Medley: Wan Azlan Abdullah
4x100m freestyle: Anthony Ang, Yong Kuok Soon, Wan Azlan Abdullah,
Lim Keng Liat, Chia Tshun Thau
WOMEN
100m breaststroke: Tay Li Leng
100m Freestyle: Ho Hsu Ee, Chua Yu Ching
200m butterfly: Ho Hsu Ee
TENNIS
MEN
Singles: Wilson Khoo, R. Ramachandran
Doubles: Wilson Khoo-R. Ramachandran
WOMEN
Singles: Eline Chiew, Khoo Chin Bee
Doubles: Eline Chiew, Khoo Chin Bee
Mixed doubles: R. Ramachandran-Khoo Chin Bee
TABLE TENNIS
MEN
Singles: Lim Chin Leong, Eng Tian Syh
WOMEN
Singles: Phua Bee Sim
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O BITTERSWEET DAY
Zaki and Azmi fail; Karen and Loo smash records
IT was back to the track and field yesterday as the supposed
Malaysian gold rush slowed to a trickle.
Zaki Sadri kept missing the spot and had to settle for a silver.
Great 100m hope Azmi Ibrahim also had to be content with second
spot, no thanks to a false start which he said had unsettled him.
Bowling, shooting, golf, cycling -- all turned up
empty-handed as far as gold was concerned.
And it was left to walker Annastasia Karen and high jumper
Loo Kum Zee to deliver the golds. For Annastasia, her
record-breaking victory was bittersweet. Back home, her grandmother
had passed away.
But Kum Zee was really jumping for joy. He's on his way to the
Atlanta Olympics.
The snooker folk are still winning the medals -- and losing
sleep. Their fourth gold, dated Wednesday, arrived at 4am Thursday
(Malaysian time).
MEDAL TALLY
G S B Ttl
THAILAND 96 59 58 213
INDONESIA 41 37 50 128
PHILIPPINES 25 34 36 95
MALAYSIA 18 28 42 88
SINGAPORE 13 12 23 48
VIETNAM 5 12 20 37
MYANMAR 2 11 25 38
BRUNEI 0 1 5 6
LAOS 0 0 6 6
CAMBODIA 0 0 2 2
COLOURS OF SUCCESS
Malaysian medallists for Dec 14
GOLD
Athletics: Loo Kum Zee (High jump, 2.24m. National and Games
record), Annastasia Karen (5,000m walk, 22:50.24, National and
Games record)
Billiards and Snooker: Sam Chong and Ng Ann Seng (Snooker doubles)
SILVER
Athletics: Azmi Ibrahim (100m, 10.55), Chen Tong Lean (5,000m walk,
24:03.08), Mohamed Zaki Sadri (Long jump, 7.47m), P. Arumugam
(1,500m, 3:50.79)
Bowling: Sharon Low, Lai Kin Ngoh, Shalin Zulkifli (Trios, 3525
pins), Ng Yiew Hup, Jimmy Lee, Kenny Ang (Trios, 3572 pins)
Gymnastics: Farah Zellina Kemal, Goh Siew Chuen, Siew Wei Seong
(Team Rhythmic 83.350)
Weightlifting: Edmund Yeo (Up to 83kg, snatch 122.5, clean and jerk
157.5, Total 280.0)
BRONZE
Fencing: Annie Foo, Wong Yee Mei, Lee Mei Fun, Wong Fui Yun
Golf: Lim Ai Lian, Lim Siew Ai, Dorothy Ng (Women's team, 469), Lim
Siew Ai (Women's individual, 233), Danny Chia, R. Nachimuthu,
Rahizam Ramli, Rashid Ismail (men's team, 909) Shooting: Noriha
Abdul Rani, Robiatul Adawiyah, Roslina Abu Bakar (Team Air Rifle,
1141), Chai Hee Hng (Double Trap individual, 167)
Taekwondo: S. Kumar (Finweight), Victor Petrus (Flyweight), Zainul
Abas Mohamed Salleh (middleweight), Teoh Ah Mui (middleweight)
MALAYSIANS IN ACTION TODAY
ARCHERY
MEN
70m: Nor Harashid Karim, Suhamizi Ismail, Nee Kok Heng, Rosdi
Mulkam
WOMEN
70m: Siti Aishah Sudin, ooi Sue Yin, Shamiza Rahim, Wan Norlidawati
ATHLETICS
MEN
Hammer: Wong Tee Kui
Triple jump: Mohamed Zaki Sadri
5,000m: M. Ramachandran, P. Arumugam
4x400m: D. Nadarajan, R. Murugan, S. Vasu, Romzi Bakar
WOMEN
4x400m: Rashidah Othman, P. Kuganeswari, L. Manimagalay. R.
Letchumi
BADMINTON
(Semi-finals)
Men's singles: Rashid Sidek, Ong Ewe Hock.
Men's doubles: Cheah Soon Kit-Yap Kim Hock
Mixed doubles: Mohamed Roslin Hashim-Chor Hooi Yee
BASKETBALL
MEN: vs Myanmar
BOWLING
MEN
Masters: Azidi Ameran, Jimmy Lee, Kenny Ang, Allan Chia, Gerald
Samuel, Ng Yiew Hup
WOMEN
Masters: Lydia Kwah, Shalin Zulkifli, Sharon Low, Karen Lian, Sarah
Yap, Lai Kin Ngoh
BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER
Snooker singles
Nine-ball singles
EQUESTRIAN
Three-day event: Wan Zaleha Radzi, Qabil Ambak, Azrin Zuhdi,
Kamaruddin Sharif
FENCING
MEN: Team Sabre
WOMEN: Team Sabre
GYMNASTICS
Rhythmic All-around: Farah Zellina Kemal, Goh Siew Chuen, Siew Wei
Seong
HOCKEY
MEN: vs Thailand
WOMEN: vs Brunei
RUGBY
Seven-a-side
ROWING
400m 10-a-side
400m 20-a-side
SHOOTING
Men's free rifle prone: Abdul Mutalib Razak, Mejar Jasni Saari,
Ismail Diran. Sakbi Mat Din
Women's sport pistol: Suriani Othman, Tengku Nor Hanisah, Dorothy
Woon
SQUASH
MEN: vs Philippines
SEPAK TAKRAW
Inter-regu: vs Laos
SWIMMING AND DIVING
MEN
100m breaststroke: Elvin Chia, Yong Kuok Suan
1,500m freestyle: Die Ung
4x100m medley relay
WOMEN
100m breaststroke: Yip Ai Yoke
400m freestyle: Marilyn Chua, Elena Saw
4x100m medley relay
TENNIS
Women's singles (semifinals): Khoo Chin Bee
TABLE-TENNIS
Men's doubles semifinal: Lim Chin Leong-Chong Choi Ting
Women's doubles semifinal: Phua Bee Sim-Chong Choi Ting
TAEKWONDO
MEN
Bantam: T. Arasu
Heavy: S. Shanmugan
WOMEN
Bantam: A. Thilagavathy
Heavy: Sarah Chung
WEIGHTLIFTING
91-99kg: Nicolas Wong
YACHTING
(Pattaya) - Ninth and 10th races
International 420: Elya Moriff Datuk Mohamed Shariff, Izwan Moriff
Datuk Mohamed Shariff, Patricia Kelly, Maxine Ong
International 470: Razali mansor, Fauzi Mustaffa, Jasmine Tan,
Azlina Abdul Karim
Fireball: Djamaluddin Mareng, Chin In
Enterprise: Abdul Rani Idris, Hariri Chin
OK Dinghy: Malik Sulaiman
Laser: Kevin Lim
Optimist: Ryan Tan
Super Mod: Lai Ji Hoen
Imco-lightweight: Rocky Cheang
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JOLLY GOOD, SAM
Chong takes his fourth as Rama, Wong and Sarah swell the pot of gold
SAM is playing it again -- and again. Last night, durable snooker
star Sam Chong picked up his fourth gold of the SEA Games,
whitewashing Filipino Marlon Manalo to win the snooker singles
gold.
After a one-day break, the snooker boys were back -- as were the
track and field athletes. M. Ramachandran delivered a gold
in the 5,000m, and Wong Tee Kue added another, throwing the
iron ball to a distance of 57.04m.
Taekwondo veteran Sarah Chung also bade farewell to the Games in
golden fashion. She beat Indonesia's Anis Dewi 4-1 to win
Malaysia's only gold in taekwondo.
Elsewhere, the others ran dry. Both the 4x400m quartets had to
settle for silver, Zaki Sadri was still far from his best and he,
too, went home with a silver.
In the pool, Elvin Chua wept with a bronze in the breaststroke
and smiled with a silver in the 4x100m medley. The shooters, the
shuttlers, the gymnasts and the rugby men all came up short.
Which leaves just Khoo Chin Bee, the sepaktakraw squad, the
hockey boys -- and girls, the squash side and the
badminton doubles squad carrying Malaysia's last golden hopes
before the goodbyes tomorrow.
MEDAL TALLY
G S B Ttl
THAILAND 110 76 79 265
INDONESIA 57 48 68 173
PHILIPPINES 29 37 53 119
MALAYSIA 21 35 55 111
SINGAPORE 21 17 31 69
VIETNAM 9 13 21 43
MYANMAR 3 16 31 69
BRUNEI 0 1 5 6
LAOS 0 0 6 6
CAMBODIA 0 0 2 2
Total 250 243 351 844
COLOURS OF SUCCESS
Malaysian medallists for Dec 15
GOLD
ATHLETICS
M. Ramachandran (5,000m -- 14:13.82), Wong Tee Kui (Hammer --
57.04m)
TAEKWONDO
Sarah Chung (Heavyweight)
SILVER
ATHLETICS
Mohamed Zaki Sadri (Triple jump -- 15.81m)
D. Nadarajan, S. Vasu, R. Murugan, Romzi Bakar (4x400m -- 3:08.93)
Rashidah Othman, P. Kuganeswari, N. Manimagalay, R. Letchumi
(4x400m -- 3:42.36)
BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER
Moh Loon Hong-Alvin Lean (Double English Billiards)
RUGBY
Men's seven-a-side
SHOOTING
Mejar Jasni Shari, Mohamed Sakbi Din, Ismail Diran (Team 50m free
rifle-prone --1748)
SWIMMING
Lim Keng Liat, Elvin Chia, Anthony Ang, Wan Azlan Abdullah (4x100
medley --3:55.72)
BRONZE
BADMINTON
Rashid Sidek (men's singles), Ong Ewe Hock (men's singles), Mohamed
Roslin Hashim-Chor Hooi Yee (mixed doubles)
BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER
Sam Chong, Liew Kit Fatt, Ng Ann Seng (Team 9-ball rotation)
GYMNASTICS
Farah Zellinah Kemal (All-round -- 34.225pts)
TAEKWONDO
T. Arasu (bantamweight), S. Saravanan (Featherweight), Elizabeth
Chua (featherweight)
TABLE TENNIS
Phua Bee Sim-Chong Choi Ting (women's doubles), Eng Tian Syh-Lim
Chin Leong (men's doubles)
SWIMMING
Elvin Chia (100m breaststroke -- 1:06.64)
SHOOTING
Mejar Jasni Shari (Individual free rifle-prone -- 686.8 points)
MALAYSIANS IN ACTION TODAY
BADMINTON
Men's doubles: Cheah Soon Kit-Yap Kim Hock
BASKETBALL
MEN: vs Indonesia (Third placing)
WOMEN: vs Indonesia (Third placing)
BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER
MEN: Moh Loon Hong and Alvin Lean (9-ball doubles)
BOWLING
MEN: Masters
WOMEN: Masters
CYCLING
MEN: 153km road race (Shahrulneeza Razali, Tsen Seong Hoong, M.
Kumaresan, Suhaimi Keton)
WOMEN: 73km road race (Masleza Nordin, Norhasilin Sulaiman)
EQUESTRIAN
MEN: Koh Thong Hau, Husref Malek, Tunku Nazrof, James Ravindra
FENCING
MEN: Epee Team
WOMEN: Epee Team
GYMNASTICS
Rhythmic (individual events): Farah Zellina Kemal, Goh Siew Chuen,
Siew Wei Seong
HOCKEY
MEN: vs Thailand
WOMEN: vs Thailand
ROWING
MEN: 800m 10-a-side and 800m 20-a-side
RUGBY
MEN: vs Thailand (15-a-side)
SEPAKTAKRAW
Inter-regu: vs Singapore
SILAT OLAHRAGA
MEN
Class B: Suhardi Chin
Class D: Afendi Hussin
Class H: Zakri Ibrahim
Class I: Ahmad Faizal Omar
SQUASH
MEN: vs Singapore
WOMEN: vs Singapore
TENNIS
Women's singles: Khoo Chin Bee
WATER POLO
MEN: vs Thailand
YACHTING
(Pattaya -- 9th and 10th races)
International 420: Elya Moriff Datuk Mohamed Shariff, Izwan Moriff
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The StarSport team: Ng Weng Tuck, Ronnie Oh, Y.P. Sivam, S.T. Arasu
and Eric Samuel
HIGHWAY STAR
Cyclist leads a rush of eight gold medals
Tsen Seong Hoong conquered the hilly terrain and his opponents in
the 153km road race to bag Malaysia's first cycling gold.
The early-morning victory marked the start of a gold rush. Eight in
all -- the best in one day for the Malaysians at this year's Games.
Zakri Ibrahim and Ahmad Faizal Omar were on a roll in silat.
Then shuttlers Soon Kit and Kim Hock beat their Indonesian nemeses
for the doubles gold.
Over at the alley Sharon Low struck down the Masters title and tiny
Ryan Tan breezed to the Optimist gold in sailing.
As expected the men's hockey team stamped their supremacy to down
the Thais and retain the title.
It was, however, heartache for the women. They played their hearts
out for a scoreless draw with the Thais but lost the gold medal in
a penalty shootout.
In squash, the women lived up to their billing by downing Singapore
to take the title.
But it was not so rosy for the rugby team who, despite their fiery
off-field antics, were mauled by the Thais in the 15-a-side final.
The downer of the day was, of course, the sepaktakraw team.
They had been tagged favourites and were expected to beat Singapore
in the semifinals to set up a showdown with Thailand.
Alas, it did not materialise. The Lions whipped them and they left
the Games with the ignominy of not winning a gold medal for the
first time in 10 years.
COLOURS OF SUCCESS
Malaysian medallists for Dec 16
GOLD
Badminton: Cheah Soon Kit-Yap Kim Hock (men's doubles)
Cycling: Tsen Seong Hoong (153km road race -- 4'43:31.890)
Hockey: Men's team
Silat: Ahmad Faizal Omar (Class I), Zakri Ibrahim (Class H)
Squash: Women's team
Bowling: Sharon Low (women's Masters)
SILVER
Gymnastics: Farah Zellinah Kemal (ropes -- 8.700), Farah Zellinah
Kemal (hoop -- 8.675), Farah Zellinah Kemal (ball -- 8.725)
Tennis: Khoo Chin Bee (women's singles)
Silat: Suhardi Chin (Class B), Affendi Hossin (Class D)
Rugby: 15-a-side
Hockey: Women's team
Squash: Men's team
BRONZE
Sepaktakraw: Ahmad Jais Baharum, Zabidi Shariff, Suhaimi Yusoff,
Ismail Amir (inter-regu)
Basketball: Men and women's teams
Gymnastics: Seong Siew Wei (ball -- 8.450), Seong Siew Wei (ribbons
-- 8.275)
MEDAL TALLY
G S B Ttl
THAILAND 142 93 89 324
INDONESIA 76 61 75 212
PHILIPPINES 31 42 61 134
MALAYSIA 29 47 67 143
SINGAPORE 24 24 37 85
VIETNAM 10 17 24 51
MYANMAR 4 22 37 63
BRUNEI 0 2 6 8
LAOS 0 1 6 7
CAMBODIA 0 0 2 2
Malaysians in action today
BOXING
48kg: Sapok Biki
EQUESTRIAN
Koh Thong Hau, Husref Malek, Tunku Nazrof, James Ravindra
(three-day event)