44 Sport THE STAR, FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 (AUGUST 19 - 30) HOW WE FARED – SPORT BY SPORT ARCHERY with a double. Atthaya, already a MALAYSIA again won winner of a professional event at 14, five golds, like they did won the individual title with a at the 2015 Games in 14-under 199. Her total was four Singapore. Khairul Anuar shots better than compatriot Kosuke Mohamed, Juwaidi Mazuki Hamamoto, the men’s champion. It and Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh was also a tournament to cherish for failed to come good in the individu- Singapore as their men ended a al events, but they made up by 28-year gold drought when Gregory helping Malaysia win the team Foo, Joshua Shou, Marc Ong and event. Joshua Ho stunned Thailand to win Unheralded Chu Duc Anh creat- the men’s team title. ed history by beating Khairul in the men’s recurve individual final HOCKEY to become the first Vietnamese FAILING to win the champion in the event since women’s indoor hockey archery was staged in 1977. gold was a big blow to The Philippines were the biggest the Malaysia Hockey underachievers. Led by two-time Confederation (MHC). women’s compound individual Indonesia emerged champi- gold medallist Amaya Amparo ons to deny Malaysia a clean sweep Cojuangco, the team managed just of all four golds. Malaysia could a silver and four bronzes. only manage a bronze after disap- pointing defeats to Thailand (3-0) ATHLETICS and Indonesia (2-0). The loss is a VIETNAM emerged as the wake-up call to the MHC to also new kingpins with a focus on indoor hockey. 17-11-6 haul. They ended Thailand’s domination in ICE SKATING the last 15 editions. Thailand fin- FIGURE skating and ished second overall (9-13-11) and short track speed skat- Malaysia third (8-8-9). Packing a punch: The karate team ended the Games with a seven-gold haul. ing were contested in Le Tu Chinh was the star for the SEA Games for the Vietnam, emerging as the fastest their muscles to claim their 11th gold in the 50 overs event but veen Nair Mathavan (team jump- first time. And Malaysia women in South-East Asia by win- gold. It was an impressive team could only clinch the silver in the ing). were heads and shoulders ning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m. effort as they held firm defensively T-20. Malaysia also won five golds at above the rest. Julian Yee gave the Malaysia’s Khairul Hafiz Jantan against the likes of Thailand, The women’s team failed to the 2001 Kuala Lumpur Games. hosts a flying start by winning the stole the limelight by winning the Indonesia and the Philippines. make the final of T20 and ended men’s figure skating before speed men’s blue riband event. up with a bronze medal. FENCING skaters Anja Chong and Co chipped A total of seven Games records BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER VIETNAM are the No. 1 in four golds for Malaysia to were shattered – three by Malaysia, SINGAPORE secured an CYCLING in fencing. Their three become overall champions with two by Vietnam and one each by unprecedented hattrick, IT remains to be seen Olympians – Nguyen five golds and four bronzes. Thailand and Indonesia. winning three golds in whether track cycling will Tien Nhat (men’s epee), Vu Vietnam will pose a threat to the all the three disciplines be contested at the Thanh An (men’s sabre) JUDO other teams at the Games in the – billiards, pool and snooker. While Philippines SEA Games in and Nguyen Thi Nhu Hoa (wom- INDONESIA and the Philippines in 2019. Peter Gilchrist’s fifth successive 2019. en’s epee) – all struck gold in Kuala Philippines dominated win in the billiards singles came as The Philippines only managed Lumpur. But Singapore have a lot the sport by winning two BADMINTON no surprise, Chan Keng Kwang-Tey one bronze at the Kuala Lumpur of potential as their gold medallists golds each. Thailand and THAILAND, headed by Choon Kiat and Toh Lian Han- Games and that came from the – Amita Berthier (women’s foil) Vietnam bagged one high performance direc- Aloysius Yapp upset the form men’s BMX cross cycling. and Lau Ywen (women’s sabre) – apiece. Six golds were offered and tor Rexy Mainaky, books to win the snooker and pool If track cycling is dropped, it will are only in their teens. Malaysia, Malaysia could only manage a sil- enjoyed their best-ever doubles respectively. Powerhouse be a major loss to Malaysia as a sig- on the other hand, need to expose ver and three bronzes. For the SEA Games outing by win- Malaysia and Thailand surprisingly nificant gold medal contributor. At their fencers in order to catch up record, Malaysia last won a gold 36 ning four out of the seven failed to live up to their billing. the Kuala Lumpur Games, with their rivals. years ago. badminton gold medals. Although Malaysia won 13 golds out of 20 they were without top singles shut- BOWLING events to emerge runaway overall FOOTBALL KARATE tlers Ratchanok Intanon and MALAYSIA, powered by champions. MALAYSIA fell at the last THE three-way battle con- Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, they Rafiq Ismail and Shalin hurdle to reigning champi- tinued at the Kuala showed their prowess in the dou- Zulkifli, tore their rivals DIVING ons Thailand through an Lumpur SEA Games with bles event to take the men’s dou- apart to retain their over- THE Philippines, the unfortunate own goal by Malaysia, Vietnam and bles, women’s doubles and mixed all crown with a next hosts in 2019, are goalkeeper Haziq Nadli. Indonesia Indonesia sharing the doubles individual titles. record-equalling seven-gold haul. not expected to expand beat Myanmar 3-1 in the bronze spoils. Malaysia maintained their They also emerged as the Holloway Cheah’s charges have the diving programme as medal playoff. supremacy by winning seven women team champions. now ruled the SEA Games for they don’t have capable divers. In contrast, the Malaysian wom- golds. Malaysia were also the over- Thailand’s only disappointment seven of the last eight editions And they are likely to stage only en’s team had a disastrous outing. all champions with seven golds at was in the women’s singles. They since the 1997 Jakarta Games. the eight Olympic events compared They lost all their four matches to the 2013 Myanmar Games. Karate had two top women singles shut- The only disappointment for the to the 13 contested at the Kuala finish last in the five-team was not contested at the 2015 tlers – Busanan Ongbamrungphan home side was the failure to Lumpur Games. round-robin competition. Vietnam Singapore Games. At the 2011 and Pornpawee Chochuwong – but defend the men’s team title. Still, Malaysia should have no pipped Thailand to the gold on a Indonesia Games, the hosts swept both failed to live up to their expec- Singapore were the next best per- problems achieving a clean sweep better goal difference after both 10 golds. There is a tendency for tations and allowed Malaysia to formers with a two-gold haul. as they have already established teams ended with 10 points each. the hosts to win more gold when sneak from behind to make it a 1-2 themselves as a powerhouse in Myanmar won the bronze with six they stage the Games. Fortunately finish through Goh Jin Wei and BOXING South-East Asia. points. at the KL Games, there were fewer Soniia Cheah. THAILAND are the power- complaints on biased judging com- Indonesia, weakened by the house. They qualified for EQUESTRIAN FUTSAL pared to previous editions. absence of reigning mixed doubles five of the six finals but THE Philippines prevented a MALAYSIA surpassed the world champions Tontowi Ahmad- could only win two golds clean sweep by hosts bronze medal target by LAWN BOWLS Lilyana Natsir and their top men (2-3-1). They pipped the Malaysia by winning winning the men’s silver MALAYSIA are the doubles players, still did well to Philippines, who had a 2-1-2 tally. the show jumping indi- in the five-team overwhelming favourites win two gold medals in the men’s The national pugilists had a good vidual gold through Colin round-robin competition. in lawn bowls and singles through Jonatan Christie outing with Muhd Fuad Redzuan John Syquia. And expect the World Cuppers Thailand were in surpassed the four-gold and team gold. (light-fly) winning Malaysia’s first Filipinos to come charging back a class of their own as they target. The Malaysia gold medal in eight years. Adli when they host the 2019 SEA claimed their fourth consecutive Lawn Bowls Federation (MLBF) BASKETBALL Hafidz picked up the silver in the Games. Malaysia rode to glory by gold. Vietnam picked up the have a seasoned pool of players, THE Philippines still light-heavyweight class while sweeping five golds through bronze. including four former world proved unbeatable as Indran Rama Krishnan earned a Quzandria Nur Mahamad Fathil The Malaysian women failed to champions in their ranks. they swatted away all bronze in the middleweight. (individual dressage); Edric Lee, defend the bronze as they could It was no surprise to see them comers for their 17th gold Qabil Ambak, Quzandria, Quek Sue only finish fourth. Thailand won qualify for all eight finals. They in men’s basketball. The CRICKET Yian (team dressage); Sultan Mizan the gold, Vietnam the silver and almost made a clean sweep with a talent-laden squad brought CRICKET made its debut in Zainal Abidin (individual endur- Indonesia the bronze.