SEA Games Fencing: Lim Wei Wen settles for silver in Men’s Individual Epee
To make the final, Lim had a close fight against Thailand's Chamcharern Panthawit.
To make the final, Lim had a close fight against Thailand's Chamcharern Panthawit.
This win marks Singapore's first gold in 26 years. Coming in second place was Tinio Justine Gail of Philippines, while Thailand's Chantasuvannasin Nunta and Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu rounded off the podium.
Raymond Scott Lee had a late start in his pet event – the 400m hurdles. But playing catch-up has not fazed the 19-year-old Angus Ross Prize winner as he heads into the SEA Games as Singapore's top 400m hurdler and remembers a lesson of resolve from his first medal at National Schools level.
Asian champions Singapore beat Philippines 84–12 to earn their third victory of the Southeast Asia (SEA) Games netball tournament. Singapore had beaten Brunei and Thailand earlier and drew with Malaysia.
Yu Mengyu and Yang Zi beat Thailand 4–0 to clinch the gold medal, while Zhou Yihan and Li Hu went down to the latter in the semi-finals to clinch the joint-bronze medal.
Singapore’s synchronised swimmers won the gold in the final event of the night. They finished with two gold medals in the Team Technical and Free Routine and Free Combination events, along with a silver medal in the Duet Technical and Free Routine.
Paddlers Gao Ning, Li Hu, Lin Ye, Zhou Yihan, Feng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu, Chen Feng and Clarence Chew gave Singapore her first four medals with respective victories in the table tennis doubles event.
Singapore led by six points at the end of the third quarter. However, Malaysia went on an 11–5 run in the final quarter to ensure both teams share the points.