SWIMMING: Trio Flex Muscles To Win Four Gold

KATRINA Ann Hadi and the Lee sisters -- Zylane and Zyanne -- turned in splendid displays to dominate synchronised swimming at the Southeast Asian Championships which ended in Singapore on Monday.

The trio bagged four of the seven gold medals on offer but it could have been a clean sweep if Malaysia had a full representation.

Katrina, who won five gold medals at last year's Indonesia Sea Games, mesmerised the judges with her grace to win the solo technical routine, earning 74.670 points.

The 22-year-old then combined with Zyanne to claim two more gold medals in duet free and technical routines.

The duo were given a tough fight by Singapore's Stephanie-Crystal Yap in the duet free event before prevailing after scoring higher for artistic impression.

Katrina-Zyanne amassed a 74.733 total to edge Stephanie-Crystal, who finished with 70.830.

In the duet technical routine, Katrina-Zyanne were a class above, scoring 75.335 points ahead of silver medallists Stephanie-Crystal (70,830).

Zylane, younger sister of Zyanne, dominated the sole free routine event, posting 70.633 to edge Singapore's Crystal, who scored 70,083, for the gold.

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).