A recap of Singapore’s medals and medal winners at the Asian Youth Games

Here’s a recap of Singapore’s  medal winners at the just-concluded Asian Youth Games.

In total, our athletes won nine golds, six silvers and 15 bronzes as Singapore finished fourth in the medal tally behind China (25, 16, 11), South Korea (20, 17, 17) and Thailand (11, 7, 2).

Our swimmers also set six new national records in the pool.

Congratulations to all for a great job at the Games, and for flying Singapore’s flag high.

NINE Golds:

Bowling:

1. New Hui Fen: Girls Singles

2. New Hui Fen/Darshini Krishna:  Girls Doubles

3. Basil Low: Boys Masters

Sailing:

4. Darren Choy:  Boys Byte II C

Swimming:

5. Quah Ting Wen: 50m freestyle

6. Quah Ting Wen: 100m freestyle (new national Open and U-17 records)

7. Quah Ting Wen: 200m freestyle (new national Open and U-17 records)

8. Lynette Lim: 400m freestyle (new national Open record)

9. Quah Ting Wen/Amanda Lim/Lynette Lim/Koh Hui Yu: Girls 4×100m freestyle (new national Open record)

SIX Silvers:

Bowling:

1. New Hui Fen: Girls Masters

2. New Hui Fen/Darshini Krishna/Anthea Soh/Ilma Nur Jannah Fadzal: Girls Team

3. Basil Low/Justin Lim/Christopher Hwang/Brandon Lee: Boys Team

Sailing:

4. Najwa Jumani: Girls Byte IIC

Swimming:

5. Amanda Lim: Girls 50m freestyle (new national Open and U-17 record)

6. Amanda Lim: Girls 100m freestyle

FIFTEEN Bronzes:

Athletics:

1. Shahrir Mohd Anuar: Boys 100m

2. Sean Lim: Boys Pole Vault

3. Inez Leong: Girls 100m hurdles

4. Melissa Wu: Girls Long Jump

Bowling:

5. Christopher Hwang/Brandon Lee: Boys Doubles

6. Darshini Krishna: Girls Masters

Sailing/Windsurfing:

7. Audrey Yong: Girls Bic Techno

8. Singapore: Nations Trophy

Shooting:

9. Abel Lim: Boys 10m Air Rifle

Swimming:

10. Roanne Ho: Girls 50m breaststroke (new national record)

11. Lionel Khoo: Boys 50m breaststroke

12. Rainer Ng: Boys 100m backstroke

13. Amanda Lim/Roanne Ho/Lynette Lim/Quah Ting Wen: Girls 4×100m Medley Relay

14. Rainer Ng/Dzulhaili Kamal/Lionel Khoo/Clement Lim: Boys 4×1o0m Medley Relay

Table Tennis:

Isabelle Li, Clarence Chew: Mixed Team

Yours in sport

Singapore Sports Fan

Bittersweet day for Singapore bowlers on last day of AYG competition

It was a bittersweet day for Singapore bowling on the lanes of the Orchid Country Club yesterday. While the boys finally won the gold which had been eluding them throughout the tournament, the girls’ team surprisingly let slip the gold which they seemed favourites to win.

Basil Low caused much rejoicing in the Singapore camp when he won the Boys Masters title.

The 16-year-old was in superb form throughout the qualifying stages, scattering a total of 3,576 pinfalls to emerge at the top of the pile when the dust settled.

Finishing top meant instant qualification for the second step-ladder final and while Basil could afford to take a much-needed breather, it meant that South Korea’s Choi Kyung Hwan (3,558) and Jose Collins of the Philippines (3,507)  had to slug it out in the first step-ladder final for the right to face Basil in the final showdown.

In the end, it turned out to be Choi after he narrowly edged out Collins 218-211.

But there was to be no such close battle in the two-game final step-ladder clash as Basil came out on top each time.

In front of a partisan and wildly-cheering crowd which packed the OCC, he won the first game 236-220 before stringing an impressive nine consecutive strikes to win the second game 265-213 and the much sough-after gold.

But there was to be no similar achievement for Singapore in the Girls Masters, despite the fact that it was two-gold heroine New Hui Fen (3,524) and teammate Darshini Krishna (3,502) who finished first and second respectively after the qualifying rounds.

Hui Fen also raised hopes of a Singapore gold with her qualifying form which saw her scoring a perfect game.

Instead, it was third-placed South Korean Sim Ui Jyin (3,421) who did a double slaying act on the two Singaporeans. She first sent Darshini packing with a comprehensive 249-199 victory in the firs step-ladder final.

Then, it was Hui Fen’s turn.

While Sim continued to enjoy consistency on the lanes, the Singapore Sports School alumnus struggled to find her lines throughout the two-game grand finale and eventually succumbed 182-239 and 168-214. 

Despite the miss in the Girls Masters, Singapore ended the AYG bowling competition on a successful note. The Republic won a total of three golds, two silvers and three bronzes.

Yours in sport

Singapore Sports  Fan

Newsflash: Two more golds and two more records for Singapore and Ting Wen on final day of AYG swimming

Swimmer Quah Ting Wen emerged as the top female swimmer of the Asian Youth Games tonight after she won two more gold medals and set two new national records.

The 17-year-old Raffles Institution (Junior College) student – who won the 50m and 200m freestyle golds, the latter in a new record-breaking time, before tonight – added the 100m freestyle gold to her name before helping the Republic to win the Girls 4×100m freestyle relay.

Both golds were also won in new record times.

Fending off compatriot Amanda Lim for the second time in two days, Ting Wen took the 100m free in 55.57sec, slicing 0.08sec off her national record of 55.65sec.

It was the third time she had broken the record this year, after having eclipsed it at the 40th National Age-Group Championships in March and then at the 5th National Swimming Championships in June.

Amanda, who also lost the 50m freestyle to Ting Wen by a whisker yesterday, did her best tonight but was the Singapore Sports School student never able to edge in front of her arch-rival at any time of the race and eventually took the silver in 56.24sec.

South Korea’s Kim Junghye was third in  56.39sec.

But Amanda finally did win the gold which had been eluding her throughout the competition. She was part of the triumphant 4×100m freestyle team which completely dominated tonight’s final.

The other members of the quartet were Koh Hui Yu, Ting Wen and Lynette Lim.

Singapore initially trailing in third spot after the first leg as Hui Yu valiantly tried to keep up with her stronger rivals but Singapore’s fortunes started to turn after Ting Wen dived in. She made up on lost ground and by the time she touched home to launch Amanda into the pool, Singapore had a three-second lead over nearest rival Hong Kong.

By the time, Amanda swopped with Lyneete, Singapore was a body length ahead. And the 400m and 800m freestyle specialist turned that into a two-body length lead as she stepped on the gas.

Then came the best news of the night. The moment Lynette touched home, the timing board flashed: 3min 46.91sec, and the screams of the crowd reverberated through the Singapore Sports School’s swimming arena.

Singapore had destroyed the three-year-old national 4×100m record of 3:53.33sec - set at the 2006 Asian Games – by a whopping seven seconds.

South Korea finished second in 3:50.56 while China took the bronze in 3:51.34.

Singapore won a total of five golds, two silvers and five bronzes in swimmng at the Asian Youth Games. The Republic’s swimmers also set six new national records.

Yours in sport

Singapore Sports Fan