asean para games

Singapore’s Lawrence Tay on his way to a silver in his ID 50 meter breaststroke in 36.31s. (Photo courtesy of SDSC)

Solo, Indonesia, Saturday, December 17, 2011 — Swimming was the main contributor of medals at the 6th ASEAN Para games today. Collecting a total of six medals, our para-swimming team performed very well and lived up to expectations.

Benson Tan claimed the gold medal after coming in tops in his ID, 50m freestyle event in 1:03.79s, breaking the games record in the process.

Games debutant Emma Dione Schick also struck gold in her S-9, 50m backstroke event, finishing in 47.22s. Paralympian Yip Pin Xiu also claimed a place on the podium, claiming a silver medal from her S-5, 50m backstroke event. She clocked a time of 1:01.57s.

Other medal winners from swimming include Lawrence Tay, who took silver in his ID 50 meter breaststroke in 36.31s. Charlotte Lee and Chew Zi Ling won a bronze each. Charlotte touched home in 55.74s for her ID, 50m breaststroke while Zi Ling finished the ID, 100m freestyle in 1:27.34s.

Over at the Manahan Stadium, Chua Pei Ni a newcomer to the Games, clinched the bronze medal for the Republic in athletics in the T-20, 100m event.

Bowling also secured a bronze medal as Anuar Saaid finished third with 779 pin falls. In the TPB9 singles competition at the Bengawan Sports Complex, Singapore’s Goh Chen Keok finished in fourth place with 930 pin falls. Tan Swang Hee completed his TPB10 singles competition in seventh place with a credible 859 pin falls.

Singapore shuttler Tay Wei Ming progressed to the quarter-final stages of the BMSTU4 men’s singles after defeating Md Amin of Indonesia 21-10, 21-5 in his group B match. That put Tay into the quarter-finals. Kevin Pung, unfortunately, went down to Narin Chort of Thailand, 21-14, 21-8.

The pairing of Tay and Pung registered a win in their BMSTU4 men’s doubles match via a walk-over against Vietnamese duo Levan and Nvu Yen Van Tai.

Our paddlers were also in action in the Class-4 mens singles. Eugene Soh missed out on a spot in the quarter-finals after going down 3-11, 2-11, 1-11 to Indonesia’s Astan Adios and 8-11, 11-6, 11-13, 14-12 to Vietnam’s Le Binh Yen.

Dr William Tan was unsuccessful in moving to the next round when he lost two of his three games. He went down 5-11, 6-11, 4-11 to Vietnam’s Ve Dang Chi and 9-11, 5-11, 6-11 to Timor Leste’s De Araujo Abilio. But putting on his usual fitting spirit, Dr William did manage to pull back a win in his last game, winning 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 against Thailand’s Wanchai Chaiwut.

Team Singapore added 2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals today.

The Republic is currently in 6th place in the overall medal tally standings with 4 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze.