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22nd Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships

Singapore adds third gold, Malaysia delivers first gold

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23rd August, Petaling Jaya: Lim Shi En and Nur Irdina Binte Hazly added a third gold medal for Singapore at the 22nd Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships after a convincing victory in the Girl's Doubles while Ethan Damien Goh and Muhammad Aiman Syahin delivered Malaysia's first gold in the boy's division earlier.

The first Malaysian pair of Adelia Nur Syazalee and Adania Mohd Redzwan got off to a good start with 445 to lead the second Singapore pair of Lim Shi En and Nur Irdina Binte Hazly by 23 pins followed by the first Singapore pair of Singles gold medalist, Hazel Tan and Shirlene Wong in third.

But Lim and Nur Irdina quickly took over the running with 455 in their second game. Malaysia managed only 388 to slip behind Singapore and trailed by 44 pins. Japan's Kiri Watanabe and Mao Kondoh moved into third with a respectable 438.

Singapore opened up a big gap of 154 after knocking down 457 and 464 in their next two games. Japan moved into second spot as Malaysia slipped away with two poor games of 363 and 376. Singles silver medalist, Paek Ye Dam and Jo Yoon Seo of Korea occupied third spot.

Girl's Doubles medalists, Korea 1, SIngapore 2 and Japan 1

The leader went on to take a convincing victory with 2637 total to give Singapore their third gold medal of the championships. Korea moved ahead of Japan before the final game while Malaysia recovered to occupy third spot. Korea held on to end with 2473 and claimed the silver medal while Japan bounced back to snatch the bronze medal with 2456. Malaysia missed out on the podium after finishing fourth with 2431.

In the Boy's Doubles contested earlier in the morning, Japan's Eita Saotome and Fumine Suda rolled an almost record-breaking 544 in their opening game to lead Malaysia's Ethan Damien Goh and Muhammad Aiman Syahin by a massive 85 pins lead.

Japan continued to set the pace with 437 and 417 to remain in the lead albeit with Malaysia posting 433 and 459 to narrow the gap down to 47 pins. Kuwait's Abdulrzzaq Mohamad and Hassan Qasem shot a big game of 466 to leapfrog into third.

Malaysia fired a sizzling 471 to take over the lead from Japan, who managed 407 and trailed by 18 pins. A 416 in the fifth game allowed the Malaysian pair to stay in the lead while Japan suffered a poor game of 367. Kuwait shot 483 to overtake the Japanese pair for second.

Goh and Aiman Syahin ended with a superb 458 to seal victory with 2696 giving host Malaysia their first gold medal of the championships. Kuwait ended with 406 to earn the silver medal with 2611. Japan recovered with 423 to clinch the bronze medal with 2594.

Kuwait 1, Malaysia 2 and Japan 1 with their medals

Korea's Bae Jung Hun and Singles silver medalist, Bae Su Hyeon made a late charge but fell short by 28 pins to miss out on the podium in fourth position. YBhg Dato' Mohammed Najeeb Abdullah, President of MTBC presented the medals to the Boy's Doubles winners while Mr Mr Jeong Suk, Vice President of Asian Bowling Federation and President of KBA gave away the medals to the Girl's Doubles winners.

Competition will now shift to the Team of 4 which will be contested over two blocks on 3 games each on August 24 and 25. The top 16 boys and top 16 girls based on their All Events standings after 18 games will qualify for the Masters finals.

Photos by Terence Yaw in Pataling Jaya, Malaysia.

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