Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Synchronized Swimming: Malaysia claim team gold

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SEREMBAN: The individual titles eluded Malaysia but they managed to capture the team gold in the senior categories of the Malaysian Open and junior synchronised swimming championships held at the Paroi Aquatic Centre last weekend.

National junior team member Misa Sugiyama won the girls’ solo open title for Japan with a score of 84.001 ahead of Uzbekistan’s Ruzmetova (78.834) and Malaysia’s Shareen Png (76.667).

Ruzmetova partnered Popova Valentina to take the duet gold medal on 77.750. Malaysians Zyanne Lee-Katrina Ann Hadi scored 75.384 for the silver and another Malysian pair, Shareen-Zylane Lee, finishing on 74.94 for the bronze.

Malaysia took the team gold medal with a score of 38.834 ahead of Singapore (34.250) and Vietnam (33.167).

Japan emerged overall champions with a medal haul 6-3-0 followed by Malaysia (5-5-5) and Singapore (4-3-2).

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