SILVER DIVERS: Pandelela (above) and Mun Yee compete in the Final of Women's 10m Synchro Platform diving
NEW DELHI: Malaysia's gold trail came to a grinding halt on day seven when the Malaysian contingent added just two silver and one bronze on a lull yesterday which saw Australia continue their domination.
The day started with a silver medal from Nur Ayuni and a bronze from Nur Suryani Muhamad Taibi in the women's 10m Air Rifle individual competition.
In the evening, Leong Mun Yee and Pandelela Rinong plucked a silver from the diving pool when the duo put up a splendid performance in the 10m platform synchronised diving.
It was also a day of near misses for Malaysians as they allowed a number of medals to slip through their grasp, especially when redhot favourite Nur Suryani Taibi could only manage a bronze while her partner Nur Ayuni missed the gold by two points to a Singaporean shooter.
Likewise, the much-expected archers failed to reap any medal — the men and women individual recurve archers failing in the process.
Archer S. Anbarasi missed a medal in the women's individual recurve event in the morning, so did Hasli Izwan in the 25m centrefire pistol individual event.
All in all, Malaysians lost a chance to bite into the slice of 42 gold medals offered yesterday.
"It was a lull. But overall it was an okay day, we managed to win some medals though we expected more from other sports. We hope the next few days will bring in more medals," Malaysian chef-de-mission Tan Sri Abdul Halil Abd Mutalif said.
Today, Malaysian athletes would take part in at least eight finals in their respective sports — mainly in diving, shooting and lawn bowls — where another 15 gold medals are up for grabs.
But while sporting action continued in the field and stadiums, controversies hogged the limelight outside the arenas.
Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell acknowledged that the Delhi games was progressing swiftly, without a single event being cancelled or postponed, but other pressing issues still disturbed the organisers.
Complaints of sports fans failing to buy tickets but syndicates in Delhi selling tickets on the black market had surfaced, prompting organisers to take stern action.
"We don't condone such acts, we have lodged a report with the police and monitoring the situation," warned Delhi Games Organising Chairman Suresh Kalmadi.
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