GLASGOW: Malaysian gymnast Wong Poh San delivered another two medals for the country when she bagged a silver and bronze in the individual apparatus finals at the SSE Hydro on Saturday."I am happy with the results although I'm hoping for one of the gold medals (at stake). "I was quite nervous as I knew that the Canadian gymnasts were very strong. I just got into the arena and tried my best," she said.
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The 17-year-old claimed the silver medal in the ribbon routine after accumulating 14.250 points, just 0.250 points adrift from the gold medallist, Francesca Jones of Wales with 14.500 points.She took the bronze in the Hoop event after securing 14.650 points.
Canada's Patricia Bezzoubenko was the best overall gymnast at this year's Games after collecting five gold medals - three in individual apparatus, individual all-around and the team event.Poh San noted that after the Commonwealth Games, she would continue her training and focus on preparations for the Incheon Asian Games in September.
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"I have to polish up my routine and Asian Games is much tougher than the Commonwealth Games, with participants from Eastern Asia like Kazakhstan," said Poh San.She was the first Malaysian rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in the World Cup series held in Kiev, Ukraine about two years ago.
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Besides the silver and bronze medal in an individual apparatus, Poh San who teamed up with Amy Kwan Dict Weng and Fatin Zakirah Zain Jalany claimed the bronze medal in the team event. Meanwhile, national weightlifter Constantine Clement had to be satisfied with sixth placing in the men's 62kg event at the 20th Commonwealth Games here Friday.In the event at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Precint, the Sabahan could only manage a total of 266kg - 120kg in the snatch and 146kg in the clean and jerk.The gold was won by Dimitris Minasidis of Cyprus who lifted a total of 276kg while Sudesh Peiris of Sri Lanka managed 273kg overall for the silver.Vaipava Ioane of Samoa took the bronze after lifting 271kg overall.There were 17 participants in the category.Two other national weighlifters, Azizah Fadzil and Frenceay Titus, also did not fare to well.The duo finished in eighth and 10th place respectively out of a field of 12 competitors in the women's 53kg category.Azizah did 172kg while Frenceay 160kg.
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The gold was won by Chika Amalaha of Nigeria who did 196kg while Dika Taoua of Papua New Guinea took the silver with 193kg.Santoshi Matsa of India won the bronze with 188kg. - Bernama
