By Zulhilmi Supaat
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysia strengthened their lead in the medal standing on the seventh day of the 14 Asean University Games Wednesday.
Malaysia now have an overall 33 gold, 31 silver and 26 bronze and are followed by Vietnam (23, 18, 10), Indonesia (14, 22, 18), Thailand (13, 10, 27), Singapore (9, 7, 15), Philippines (3, 5, 8), Timor Leste (two bronze), Brunei(a single bronze ), Cambodia (a single bronze) and Laos (a single bronze).
Malaysia collected 17 gold, 14 silver and 14 bronze Wednesday.
The aquatics centre in Bukit Jalil was the goldmine contributing five gold, a silver and a bronze.
National Olympian Daniel Bego contributed two in his pet events, the men's 100m and 200m freestyle, while Khoo Cai Lin was no match for the other swimmers in the women's 100m freestyle.
The other two swimming gold were supplied by Kevin Yeap (men's 200m butterfly) and Rachel Lim (women's 100m breast stroke).
Shooting which was held at the Subang shooting range contributed three gold, in the men's 25m individual rapid fire pistol, women's 50m rifle prone team and men's 25m rapid fire pistol team.
Shooting also contributed four silver and two bronze.
Silat twins Sakilah and Salihah Sapar won the gold in the women's ganda while Mohd Azahar Che Abdullah/Mohd Faizal Sarif did the same in the men's ganda.
However, of the six gold on offer in karate-do, Malaysia only managed to capture one through S. Kunasilan in the men's kumite 55kg.
Table tennis which ended its run today saw Malaysia capture only one gold through Ng Sock Khim in the women's singles.
Archery provided two gold which came through Saritha Cham Nong (women's individual compound) and Izzudin Abd Rahim (men's recurve).
Athletics turned out to be a dry day for Malaysia with the national contingent only managing three silver.
Tomorrow, 66 gold are up for grabs, 12 of them in athletics, swimming (9), karate-do (7), shooting (6), taekwondo (6), archery (6), tenpin bowling (4), golf (4), beach volleyball (2), volleyball (2), sepak takraw (1), rugby 7's (1).
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Saya setuju. We are working on more coaches! “ @ManOlimpik : Malaysian junior athletes are just too ‘lembik’ http://t.co/7D7wmHWaNy ” — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) June 10, 2014 The benchmark. Can our junior athletes train as hard as Malaysia's world No.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei? “IT IS okay lah. The training is not too bad lah. I will try lah … Wah, so hard lah today.” These are some of the common statements I hear from our juniors nowadays. It is not only in badminton. It is the easy-going, laid-back attitude and lack of competitiveness at grassroots level that we have problems producing quality players. I have travelled quite a bit. After ending my decade-long career with the national team, I went to play in the league in Europe. It’s different there. The European athletes know what they want. And they do it with real focus. Even the young ones possess admirable self-control and show a high level of commitment. During my time in the ...
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