14th November, Doha: Newly-crowned Malaysian national champion, Gillian Lim won the Women's Singles gold medal at the 28th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships with Li Yi-Rou of Chinese Taipei earning the silver and Baek Seungja of Korea the bronze.

Korean debutant, Jeong Jiwon set a cracking pace with 280 in her opening game to lead 2025 IBF World Cup Team bronze medalist, Veronica Dias De Souza of Macau, China by 31 pins in second with Teng Jo-Yu of Chinese Taipei and Baek Seungja of Korea in third and fourth.

A second Taiwanese, Li Yi-Rou chalked up 265 in her second game following her 222 opener ot take over the running. Baek downed 224 to move up to second ahead of Gillian Lim taking up third spot and De Souza slipping to fourth after a poor game in her second game.

Li posted a respectable 236 to remain in the lead at the halfway mark. De Souza bounced back with 244 to regain second spot. A third Korean, Nam Hyebin fired a huge game of 269 to take up third. Nam added 247 in the fourth game to become the new leader.

Lim ended with 221 to seal the first gold medal for Malaysia with a total of 1368. Li ended with 203 to earn the silver medal with 1337. Baek managed 196 to clinch the bronze medal with 1328, just nine pins adrift.

Nam missed the podium with 1315 despite ending with 211. Singapore's Lim Shi En stormed home with 256 and 223 to complete the top five with 1301. De Souza finished with a disappointing 163 to end up in eighth position.

The first Men Singles squad will take to the lanes later at 3.40pm local time for their 6-games while the second squad tomorrow morning at 11:00am. The top 3 with the highest pinfalls from the combined scores of the two squads will be awarded the medals.

The women will resume with the Doubles event over 6 games while the men, divided into two squads will contest their Doubles on November 16.

Photos by Terence Yaw in Doha, Qatar.