SEA Games: Cheong Min wins first gold for wushu team
Published on: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
By: Bernama
Tan Cheong Min wins the third gold for the national contingent today and the 18th gold for Malaysia. (Bernama pic)
PHNOM PENH: As expected, Tan Cheong Min presented the first gold medal for the national wushu camp at the 2023 SEA Games here today.
In the final of the women’s Nanquan event at the Chroy Changvar Convention Centre, the 2019 world champion, who is making her debut in the SEA Games, topped the competition to claim the gold after amassing 9.626 points.
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The silver medal went to Tasya Ayu Puspa Dewi of Indonesia, who scored 9.593 points, while Myanmar’s Aye Thitsar Myint, who collected 9.143 points, took home the bronze.
Cheong Min will also be competing in the finals of the women’s Duilian event with Loh Ying Ting and Pang Pui Yee today.
Cheong Min’s success today was the third gold won by the national contingent on the fifth day of the Games and the 18th gold for Malaysia.
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