MELAKA: Two golds and two meet records in swimming.
FINE DOUBLE: Erika (left) and Lim show the gold medals they won at the Hang Jebat Aquatics Centre yesterday. • Photo by Davidson Kho
FINE DOUBLE: Erika (left) and Lim show the gold medals they won at the Hang Jebat Aquatics Centre yesterday. • Photo by Davidson Kho
What a great boost for Sarawak yesterday who had only two gold medals to show after two days in Melaka.
Erika Kong and Brian Derrick Lim brought the golden cheer to the Sarawak contingent when they won in their respective events – women’s 100m breaststroke and men’s 50m backstroke at the Hang Jebat Aquatics Centre.
She clocked 01:12.45 to erase the old record time of 01:13.54 created by Siow Yi Ting in 2002 and beat her main rival Christina Loh of Federal Territory who also posted a meet record in 01:12.89. “This is a good achievement for Erika who has been able to beat her personal best time this year and I am very happy that she has won in the event,” said Erika’s father Anthony Kong.
He said it was not easy to achieve this feat as Erika is in her examination year this year. The 15-year-old Form Three student at Lodge International School will be sitting for her PMR.
“I have looked into the technical aspects of her swim and it has also worked according to my strategy and plan today,” said Kong.
For Erika’s next event which is the women’s 200m breaststroke, Kong is confident that she would do well again.
Meanwhile, Lim registered a new time of 27.81 in the men’s 50m backstroke to erase the old mark of 27.91 set by Linvern Lim of Sabah in 2004.
Ian James Barr of Federal Territory, who was the fastest in the heat, came in second with a time of 27.92 while Tern Jian Han of Johor was third in 28.57.
Sarawak also won a silver and a bronze from Tang Chong Hong in the men’s 100m breaststroke and Esther Yii in the women’s 400 IM medley respectively.
The state wushu exponents grabbed three out of seven gold medals at stake on the final day of competition at the Melaka Universiti Teknikal Malaysia yesterday.
They also struck three silvers and two bronzes to add to their total medal haul of four golds, eight silvers and three bronzes.
Karate-do also contributed one bronze through Nur Nadirah Abdul Gnani in the women’s kata individual.
In diving where only one event, the men’s 3m platform, was competed yesterday, national diver Ooi Tze Liang outclassed 11 other finalists with a total of 397 points to win the gold.
Sarawak’s representatives Pardika Indoma Pang and Abdul Rashid Muhamad could only manage fifth and seventh placings with 306.55 points and 266.40 points respectively.
In tennis, the men’s team event, Sarawak beat Perak 3-0 but lost 1-2 to Negeri Sembilan because Kelvin Lee retired with an ankle injury in the men’s singles.
It was no problem for the women’s team as they thumped Federal Territory 3-0 and were leading Johor 2-0 as at 9pm.
The state women cagers meanwhile suffered their first defeat to Selangor in a group B match that saw the latter winning 61-60.
Poor refereeing was to blame because the referee had blown his whistle for a foul that never was by a Sarawak player in the dying seconds of the game when Sarawak was leading 60-59.
As a result, Selangor capitalised to sink penalty shot to win by a single point.
In women’s hockey, Sarawak lost 0-2 to Pahang.
Sarawak are now placed fourth in the medals standing with seven gold, 12 silver and seven bronze medals.
Host Melaka are still the leaders with 12 gold, seven silver and five bronze medals while Federal Territory are second with eight gold, five silver and four bronze medals and Selangor third with eight gold, three silver and nine bronze medals.
Erika Kong and Brian Derrick Lim brought the golden cheer to the Sarawak contingent when they won in their respective events – women’s 100m breaststroke and men’s 50m backstroke at the Hang Jebat Aquatics Centre.
She clocked 01:12.45 to erase the old record time of 01:13.54 created by Siow Yi Ting in 2002 and beat her main rival Christina Loh of Federal Territory who also posted a meet record in 01:12.89. “This is a good achievement for Erika who has been able to beat her personal best time this year and I am very happy that she has won in the event,” said Erika’s father Anthony Kong.
He said it was not easy to achieve this feat as Erika is in her examination year this year. The 15-year-old Form Three student at Lodge International School will be sitting for her PMR.
“I have looked into the technical aspects of her swim and it has also worked according to my strategy and plan today,” said Kong.
For Erika’s next event which is the women’s 200m breaststroke, Kong is confident that she would do well again.
Meanwhile, Lim registered a new time of 27.81 in the men’s 50m backstroke to erase the old mark of 27.91 set by Linvern Lim of Sabah in 2004.
Ian James Barr of Federal Territory, who was the fastest in the heat, came in second with a time of 27.92 while Tern Jian Han of Johor was third in 28.57.
Sarawak also won a silver and a bronze from Tang Chong Hong in the men’s 100m breaststroke and Esther Yii in the women’s 400 IM medley respectively.
The state wushu exponents grabbed three out of seven gold medals at stake on the final day of competition at the Melaka Universiti Teknikal Malaysia yesterday.
They also struck three silvers and two bronzes to add to their total medal haul of four golds, eight silvers and three bronzes.
Karate-do also contributed one bronze through Nur Nadirah Abdul Gnani in the women’s kata individual.
In diving where only one event, the men’s 3m platform, was competed yesterday, national diver Ooi Tze Liang outclassed 11 other finalists with a total of 397 points to win the gold.
Sarawak’s representatives Pardika Indoma Pang and Abdul Rashid Muhamad could only manage fifth and seventh placings with 306.55 points and 266.40 points respectively.
In tennis, the men’s team event, Sarawak beat Perak 3-0 but lost 1-2 to Negeri Sembilan because Kelvin Lee retired with an ankle injury in the men’s singles.
It was no problem for the women’s team as they thumped Federal Territory 3-0 and were leading Johor 2-0 as at 9pm.
The state women cagers meanwhile suffered their first defeat to Selangor in a group B match that saw the latter winning 61-60.
Poor refereeing was to blame because the referee had blown his whistle for a foul that never was by a Sarawak player in the dying seconds of the game when Sarawak was leading 60-59.
As a result, Selangor capitalised to sink penalty shot to win by a single point.
In women’s hockey, Sarawak lost 0-2 to Pahang.
Sarawak are now placed fourth in the medals standing with seven gold, 12 silver and seven bronze medals.
Host Melaka are still the leaders with 12 gold, seven silver and five bronze medals while Federal Territory are second with eight gold, five silver and four bronze medals and Selangor third with eight gold, three silver and nine bronze medals.
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