Wildcard gymnast Wan Yin makes it to the all-around final

PETALING JAYA: Rhythmic gymnast Lee Wan Nin, who made it through the back door for the Youth Olympic Games, served a pleasant surprise for Malaysia by qualifying for the individual all-around final in Singapore yesterday.

The 15-year-old wildcard entry was placed fifth in the qualification rounds, chalking up scores of 23.800 (rope), 24.075 (hoop), 24.100 (ball) and 24.425 (clubs) for a total of 96.400 to make the top-12 final.
German Marggrander Berezko and Bulgarian Kisse Anastaslya are tied in third spot on 97.825.
Russian Alexandra Merkulova topped the qualification on 103.425 ahead of Arina Charopa of Belarus (102.225).

There is also the group all-around competition but Malaysia are not represented.
In diving, Ooi Tze Liang justified his inclusion in the Commonwealth Games and Asiad squad by qualifying for a second final.

Tze Liang, who was placed seventh in the final of the boys’ 3m springboard last Sunday, finished sixth in the preliminary rounds of he boys’ 10m platform yesterday on 463.05 points.
The Sukma double gold medallist for Penang went on to finish seventh in the final. The event was won by China’s Qiu Bo.

In sailing, Khairuneeta Affendy improved to seventh position in the girls’ one-person dinghy with one day of competition remaining. In the boys’ competition,
Amirul Shafiq Jais is in 17th spot after the completion of 11 races.

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