SEA Games gymnastics: Farah, Fu Jie shine in golden haul
Published on: Wednesday, December 04, 2019
By: Bernama
Tan Fu Jie posing with his gold medal after winning the pommel horse event.
MANILA: The national artistic gymnastics squad continued their fine form in the 30th SEA Games at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum here by bagging two golds, one silver and two bronzes on Tuesday.After having missed the women’s uneven bars gold at the 2015 Singapore and 2017 KL Games, ace gymnast Farah Ann Abdul Hadi (pic) finally won it by impressing the judges to score 12.376 points on Tuesday. On Monday, she also won her first all-around gold at the biennial Games.
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Vietnam’s Do Thi Ngoc Huong took the uneven bars silver with 11.767 points, while Malaysia’s young gymnast Rachel Yeoh Li Wen had to settle for bronze despite being tied on points with the Vietnamese.
Earlier in the women’s vault, the 25-year-old Farah just managed to finish fourth with 12.900 points, as compatriot Tan Ing Yueh failed to retain the title after finishing second with 13.300 points.
The 2017 KL edition’s silver medallist Rifda Irfarnaluthfi of Indonesia grabbed the gold this time with 13.484 points.
“I am very happy because this is the medal I missed in KL and Singapore. So I am very grateful to get this medal this time,” Farah said after the medal presentation ceremony.
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Farah is set to defend her title in the women’s floor exercise on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Tan Fu Jie retained the men’s pommel horse title after scoring 13.967 points to beat Carlos Edriel Yulo of the Philippines (13.233) and Vietnam’s Dinh Phuong Thanh (12.867).
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“This gold means quite a lot to me because after the last SEA Games I did not perform quite well. Having this gold shows that I still can do it,” he said.
Earlier, Zul Bahrin Mat Asri clinched bronze in the men’s floor exercise with a score of 13.767 points.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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