Gilchrist extends dominance with fifth straight gold
If there was any doubt over Peter Gilchrist's dominance at the billiard tables, it was quashed at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre yesterday.The 49-year-old won a fifth consecutive SEA Games gold...
View ArticleGolfers get another shot at gold
Singapore's male golfers have qualified for the final of the SEA Games team event, played in a match-play format.The quartet of Gregory Foo, Marc Ong, Joshua Shou and Joshua Ho beat the Philippines 3-0...
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Sng clinches Singapore's first women's high jump title since 1965
Tears flowed freely down her cheeks as she sang the national anthem at the Bukit Jalil Stadium yesterday.It has been an emotional roller-coaster ride for high jumper Michelle Sng as she waited for the...
View ArticleS'pore gymnasts add two medals
The Singaporean quintet of Edlyn Ho, Michele Petrova Lau, Phebe Meredith Lau, Avryl Tan and Jael Chew scored a combined 14.400 points to clinch the silver medal in the rhythmic group single apparatus...
View ArticleTEAM SINGAPORE AT THE GAMES
YESTERDAY'S MEDALLISTSGOLDYu Shuran (ice-skating, figure-skating, women's individual)elisa Yukie Yokoyama/Cheryl Teo (sailing, women's double-handed 470)SILVERChloe Ing (ice skating, women's individual...
View ArticleChan bags diving bronze
Singaporean diver Jonathan Chan won a bronze medal in the men's 10m platform event at Bukit Jalil's National Aquatic Centre yesterday.He scored 367.90 points to finish behind Malaysia's Ooi Tze Liang...
View ArticleWakeboarders clinch mixed team silver
Singapore's wakeboarders missed out on the mixed team gold medal at the Water Sports Complex in Putrajaya yesterday, after being pipped to top spot by defending champions Thailand.The quartet of Sasha...
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Victorious sailors chase bigger goals
Leading defending champions Malaysia by just two points going into the final race where points count for double, national sailors Yukie Yokoyama and Cheryl Teo knew they had to finish ahead of...
View ArticleLawn bowler Lee is Singapore's oldest medallist in KL
Lee Yuan Min has a collection of 60 or so medals at home, all of them stored in a cupboard for the past 42 years, the stories behind most of them forgotten.But a silver he claimed at the SEA Games in...
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A first for Singapore in figure skating
By her own admission, she did not perform at her best.So one can imagine figure skater Yu Shuran's relief when she found out that she had scored enough to secure Singapore's first winter sports gold at...
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National coach Widmer challenges swimmers to 'dream big'
Singapore's swimmers splashed their way to eight national records and 10 SEA Games records at the National Aquatic Centre in Kuala Lumpur.The feats were accomplished mostly by the veteran swimmers in...
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YESTERDAY'S MEDALLISTSGOLDCalvin Sim (cycling, men's omnium)SILVERFreida Lim (diving, women's 10m platform)Joshua Chong/Ashlee Tan (diving, mixed synchronised 3m springboard)BRONZENurul Suhaila...
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Alfian eyes third straight triumph
Only one Singaporean has won three SEA Games gold medals in pencak silat - the sport's local icon Sheik Alau'ddin.Alfian Juma'en could join him in the exclusive club today if he can see off the threat...
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Lim ends 36-year-wait for 10m platform medal
In her five years of diving, Freida Lim has always had this nagging thought at the back of her mind during competitions."I had a tendency to think that other people were better than me," the...
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Waterskiers Leong, Christian out to retain golds
Singapore waterskier Mark Leong believes he is competing against himself when he sets out to defend his gold medal in the men's individual slalom event at the Water Sports Complex in Putrajaya...
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Sim wins Singapore's first men's cycling SEA Games gold since 1997
He was outside the podium spots after each of the first three events of the men's omnium at the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.But Singapore cyclist Calvin Sim produced a stunning race in the last...
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Waterskier Sasha Christian secures Singapore's 50th gold in KL
Singapore's 50th gold medal at the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games was delivered by waterskier Sasha Christian after her victory in the women's slalom final on Tuesday morning (Aug 29).The 24-year-old defending...
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Team Singapore at the games
YESTERDAY'S MEDALLISTSGOLDSasha Christian (waterski, women's individual slalom)Mark Leong (waterski, men's individual slalom)Sheik Farhan (pencak silat, men's tanding Class J, 90-95kg)Men's T20 cricket...
View ArticleSpeed skater Ng's gold-medal hopes scuppered by disqualification
Going into the SEA Games, speed skater Lucas Ng was the hot favourite for all three individual events he was entered in, and for good reason.The 28-year-old Singaporean swept all individual titles in...
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Young guns step up to deliver first SEA Games squash team gold in 22 years
Their most experienced player Vivian Rhamanan had to sit out the men's team final due to injury.But, in a sign that bodes well for the future of Singapore squash, the younger players stepped up to beat...
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