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Rachel Lee and Cecilia Low (right) won gold in the Double Handed Dinghy 420 event. (Photo 1 courtesy of SSC)

China, Saturday, November 20, 2010 — Singapore sailors won two gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the Asian Games.

Leading the pack were Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng who led from start to finish in the Men’s Double Handed Dinghy 420 event. They won their last three races, for a total of five wins out of the 12 races.

In the corresponding women’s category, Rachel Lee and Cecilia Low won another gold after they won two out of the three remaining races. They notched up 10 wins out of the 12 races.

Said Mark Robinson, the sailing team manager: “Words cannot really describe how proud I am feeling right now of our entire Singapore team. The sailors, the coaches and the support staff have done a fantastic job. It didn’t matter which class of boat they were in, they worked together united as a team throughout the competition and dug deep when it was needed most for Singapore. We can’t wait to get home next Tuesday to celebrate it with our supporters back in Singapore.”

Overall Results (Provisional)

Optimist Boys
GOLD CHINA ZHANG Xiaotian
SILVER MALAYSIA ALI SABRI KHAN Ahmad Latif Khan
BRONZE SINGAPORE LO Ryan Jun Han

Optimist Girls
GOLD THAILAND POONPAT Noppakao
SILVER SINGAPORE LIM Min Kimberly
BRONZE CHINA LU Yuting

Laser Standard Men
GOLD KOREA HA Jeemin
SILVER SINGAPORE Colin CHENG Xinru
BRONZE CHINA LU Yuting

Laser Radial Open
GOLD THAILAND BUALONG Keerati
SILVER JAPAN NAGAI Hisaki
BRONZE SINGAPORE SYDNEY Scott Glen

420 Boys
GOLD SINGAPORE LIU Xiaman Justin & CHENG Feng Yuan Sherman
SILVER KOREA LEE Sangmin & YANG Hoyeob
BRONZE THAILAND THAMSOONTORN Navee & CHOMTONGDEE Atiwat

420 Girls
GOLD SINGAPORE LEE Qing Rachel & LOW Rui Xi Cecilia
SILVER MALAYSIA MOHD AFENDY Khairunnisa & MOHAMAD SAYED Norashikin Binti
BRONZE THAILAND MEE-U-SAMSEN Patteera & YU-SAWAT Narisara

470 Men
GOLD JAPAN HARADA Ryunosuke & YOSHIDA Yugo
SILVER CHINA WANG Weidong & DENG Daokun
BRONZE KOREA KIM Daeyoung &JUNG Sungahn
4th SINGAPORE Roy TAY Jun Hao & Terence KOH Seng Kiat

470 Women
GOLD JAPAN KONDO Ai & TABATA Wakako
SILVER CHINA CAI Liping & GAO Yang
BRONZE SINGAPORE LIU Xiaodan Dawn & Siobhan TAM Shiu Wun

Hobie 16 Open
GOLD THAILAND VONGTIM Damrongsak & VONGTIM kitsada
SILVER KOREA JEONG Gweon & JUN Joohyun
BRONZE SINGAPORE TEO Wee Chin & WONG Ming Ho Justin

Windsurfing Mistral Men
GOLD HONGKONG CHAN KING YIN
SILVER INDONESIA SULAKSANA I Gusti Made Oka
BRONZE CHINA YAO Fuwen
6th SINGAPORE Joshua CHOO Meng Keong

Windsurfing RS:X Men
GOLD CHINA WANG Aichen
SILVER THAILAND Ek BOONSAWAD
BRONZE KOREA LEE Taehoon
6th SINGAPORE Leonard ONG

Open Keelboat Match Racing
GOLD JAPAN
SILVER INDIA
BRONZE KOREA
5th SINGAPORE TAN Wearn Haw, Colin NG, Yurii SIEGEL, Benjamin TAN

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Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng (in red) led from start to finish in the Double Handed Dinghy 420 event to win gold. (Photo 2 courtesy of SSC)

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Ben Tan, Sherman Cheng, Justin Liu and coach Zhang Yong Qiang celebrate the gold medal. (Photo 3 courtesy of SSC)