With the Cambodian SEA Games reaching a fever pitch, Team Singapore athletes continue to make Singapore proud in the final rounds.
We’re now about halfway through the games, where Singapore has been excelling in sports like swimming, athletics and silat, among others.
According to the 32nd SEA Games Medal Tally on meWATCH, Singapore now has 75 medals — of which 27 are gold medals.
Channel News Asia (CNA) reported that the five wins in swimming yesterday (10 May) bring Singapore’s gold medal tally to 19 in the sport.
In the team events, Singapore won both the 4x100m men’s and 4x200m women’s freestyle relay.
Source: Singapore Swimming Association on Facebook (SNOC / ANDY CHUA)
There were also double wins and records galore in women’s swimming.
Quah Ting Wen won a gold medal in the women’s 50m freestyle at a Games record timing of 25.04s.
Source: Singapore Swimming Association on Facebook (SNOC / ANDY CHUA)
On the other hand, Team Singapore teammate Amanda Lim walked away in second place.
Letitia Sim clinched her third gold medal at this year’s SEA games with a win in the women’s 200m breaststroke, setting a new Games record and personal best at 2:28.49.
Source: Singapore Swimming Association on Facebook (SNOC / ANDY CHUA)
This was not the only achievement for Singapore in the event, with Christie Chue securing third place.
In the men’s 50m butterfly sprint, Mikkel Lee came out tops and edged out fellow Singaporean Teong Tzen Wei with a personal best of 23.45s.
The latter is still the Games record holder for the event with a timing of 23.04s.
Meanwhile, Team Singapore swimmers Maximillian Ang and Nicholas Mahabir won two medals for Singapore in the men’s 200m breaststroke.
They won third and second place respectively, losing the top spot to Vietnam’s Pham Thanh Bao.
In athletics, there was a dramatic twist at the men’s 110m hurdles final.
According to CNA, Singaporean hurdler Ang Chen Xiang had initially come in second place behind Thailand’s Natthaphon Dansungnoen.
However, the difference in their timings was a negligible 0.002 seconds apart.
Source: Singapore National Olympic Council on Facebook
After a rejected initial protest, Singapore Athletics took the matter to an independent jury.
Ultimately, they decided that Ang and Natthaphon should be awarded joint first place, with both clocking 13.831s.
Speaking to reporters, Ang said, “I’m definitely very happy to get the gold…but more importantly, it is really the personal best, the improvement in timing that matters to me.”
Source: Tan Chuan-Jin on Facebook
Apart from being Ang’s personal best performance, the time is a new Singapore national record.
Additionally, the men’s 4x100m relay team placed third with Mark Lee, Marc Brian Louis, Xander Ho, and Joshua Chua representing the nation.
Apart from swimming and athletics, Team Singapore’s pencak silat athletes won five medals in their respective weight classes.
Out of the five athletes, Sheik Farhan won the only gold medal in the 85kg – 90kg weight class.
Source: ActiveSG Circle (SportSG / Alfie Lee)
Meanwhile, Sheik Ferdous, Muhammad Nurshahfareeq, and Nadhrah Sahrin won silver medals.
In the Pencak Silat Men’s Tanding H (below 45kg) Dahni Andika secured third place.
Outside of silat, both the men’s and women’s badminton teams won bronze medals in this year’s Games.
Similarly, the Singapore women’s table tennis team clinched the bronze medal — Team Singapore’s first medal in table tennis at the Games.
After Nur Sabrina’s first win for Singapore boxing, Velvan Tan followed suit with a bronze medal in the men’s 67kg weight class.
In men’s 9-ball pool singles, Aloysius Yapp came in second place.
Last but not least of yesterday’s medal winners, Zeanne Law, Zoe Tan, and Kimberly Ong won Team Singapore’s first medal for Wushu at the 32nd SEA Games.
The trio clinched third place in Women’s Duilian.
Congratulations to the athletes who have emerged victorious in their respective fields.
With six days left of the Games, we can look forward to even more action and achievements from Team Singapore.
If you’d like to catch the upcoming matches, you can check out the schedule here and watch ‘live’ on Singtel TV, Singtel CAST and meWATCH.
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Featured image adapted from Tan Chuan-Jin on Facebook.
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