KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia edged closer to their 27-medal target after clinching two more bronze on day 11 of the Hangzhou Asian Games today.
When it was expected to be a dry day for the Malaysian contingent, veteran diver Pandelela Rinong popped up with a bronze medal in the women's 10m platform final.
The 30-year-old Sarawakian defeated five competitors for her second bronze in Hangzhou.
It also ended Malaysia's 13-year wait for a medal in the event. Incidentally, Pandelela was the one who last won it in, her debut, at the Guangzhou Games.
It could well be Pandelela's
her parting gift in what may be her final Asiad.
Malaysia's second bronze of the day came with a stroke of luck.
The national women's 4x100m quartet of Azreen Nabila Alias, Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli, Nur Afrina Batrisya Mohd Rizal and Shereen Samson Vallabouy, who finished fourth, were promoted to third after defending champions Bahrain were disqualified for lane infringement.
Malaysia have won three gold, four silver and 16 bronze for a total of 23 medals to rank 15th in the standings.
SELECTED RESULTS
(All finals unless stated)
ATHLETIC
Men's 4x100m: 1 China 38.29, 2 Japan 38.29, 3 S. Korea 38.74.
400m hurdles: 1 Abderrahman Al Saleck (Qat) 48.04, 2 Bassem Hemeida (Qat) 48.52, 3 Xie Zhiyu (Chn) 49.16.
800m: 1 Essa Ali Kzwani (Ksa) 1:48.05, 2 Afsal Pulikkalakath (Ind) 1:48.43, 3 Husain Mohsin al-Farsi (Oma) 1:48.51.
Triple jump: 1 Zhu Yaming (Chn) 17.13m, 2 Fang Yaoqing (Chn) 16.93m, 3 Praveen Chitharavel (Ind) 16.68m.
Women's 4x100m: 1 China 43.39, 2 Thailand 43.39, 3 Malaysia 45.01.
400m hurdles: 1 Oluwakemi Adekoya (Brn) 54.45 GR, 2 Mo Jiadie (Chn) 55.01, 3 Vithya Ramraj (Ind) 55.68.
5000m: 1 Parul Chaudhary (Ind) 15:14.75, 2 Ririka Hironaka (Jpn) 15:15.34, 3 Caroline Kipkirui (Kaz) 15:23.12.
High jump: 1 Safina Sadullaeva (Uzb) 1.86m, 2 Svetlana Radzivil (Uzb) 1.86m, 3 Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (Kaz) 1.86m.
Javelin throw: 1 Annu Rani (Ind) 62.92, 2 Nadeesha Dilhan Lekamge (Sri) 61.57, 3 Lyu Huihui (Chn) 61.29.
BADMINTON: Second round
Men's singles: Anthony Ginting (Ina) bt Wang Tzu Wei (Tai) 21-16, 21-11; Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Tha) bt Hussien Zayan Zaki Shaheed (Mdv) 21-3, 21-5; HS Prannoy (Ind) bt Batdavaa Munkhbat (Mgl) 21-9, 21-12; Shi Yuqi (Chn) bt Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hkg) 21-16, 18-21, 21-12; Kenta Nishimoto (Jpn) bt Jeon Hyeok Jin (Kor) 21-12, 21-7; Lee Zii Jia (Mas) bt Mourinho Zefi Costa Gusmao De Jesus (TL) 21-0, 21-7; Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Tha) bt Nguyen Hai Dang (Vie) 17-21, 21-18, 21-15; Chou Tien Chen (Tai) bt Jonatan Christie (Ina) 21-17, 21-17; Ng Tze Yong (Mas) bt Loh Kean Yew (Sin) 21-12, 21-14; Srikanth Kidambi (Ind) bt Lee Yung Yu (Kor) 21-16, 21-11.
Women's singles: An Se Young (Kor) bt Pui Chi Wa (Mac)21-9, 21-5; He Bingjiao (Chn) bt Natsuki Nidaira (Jpn) 21-17, 17-21, 21-14; PV Sindhu (Ind) bt Hsu Wen Chi (Tai) 21-10, 21-10; Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Tha) bt K. Letshanaa (Mas) 21-13, 21-10; Goh Jin Wei (Mas) bt Vu Thi Anh Thu (Vie) 21-10, 21-13; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Costa Gusmao de Jesus Zoraida Dela Torre (Tls) 21-1, 21-1.
Doubles: Lee Chia Hsin-Teng Chun Tsun (Tai) bt Ng Weng Chi-Pui Chi Wa (Mac) 21-17, 21-9; Siti Ramadhanti-Apriyani Rahayu (Ina) bt Lui Lok Lok-Ng Wing Yung (Hkg) 21-14, 21-14; Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida (Jpn) bt Go Pei Kee-Valeree Siow (Mas) 21-9, 21-13; Zhang Shuxian-Zheng Yu (Chn) bt Kherlen Darkhanbaatar-Myagmartseren Ganbaatar 21-1,21-4; Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah (Mas) bt Jin Yujia-Crystal Wong (Sin) 21-12, 21-16.
CYCLING ROAD
Men's time trial: 1 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) 48:05.75, 2 Xue Ming (Chn) 50:05.83, 3 Vincent Lau (Hkg) 50:17.76.
Women's time trial: 1 Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) 24:35.99, 2 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) 24:35.99, 3 Rinata Sultanova (Kaz) 25:36.10.
DIVING
Men's 3m Springboard: 1 Wang Zongyuan (Chn) 542.30, 2 Zheng Jiuyuan (Chn) 508.55, 3 Yi Jae Gyeong (Kor) 426.20.
Women's 10m platform: 1 Quan Hongchan (Chn) 438.20pts, 2 Chen Yuxi (Chn) 435.65, 3 Pandelela Rinong Pamg (Mas) 280.50.
HOCKEY
Women Group A: India 12 Hong Kong 0, Malaysia 0 S. Korea 5.
Group B: Japan 8 Kazakhstan 0, Thailand 0 China 12.
SQUASH
Men's singles quarterfinal: Ng Eain Yow (Mas) bt Abdullah Al Mezayen (Kuw) 14-12, 11-6, 11-1; Abdulla Al Tamimi (Qat) bt Addeen Idrakie (Mas) 11-2, 11-7, 11-2; Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Ryunosuke Tsukue (Jpn) 11-4,12-10, 11-3; Henry Leung (Hkg) bt Lau Tsz Kwan (Hkg) 11-8, 11-8, 12-10.
Women's singles quarterfinal: S. Sivasangari (Mas) bt Heo Ming Yeong (Kor) 11-4,11-2,11-8; Satomi Watanabe (Jpn) bt Tanvi Khanna (Ind) 11-5,11-6,14-12;
Chan Sin Yuk (Hkg) bt Aira Azman (Mas0 11-7, 11-4, 11-4; Ho Tze Lok (Hkg) bt Akari Midorikawa (Jpn)11-5, 11-5, 11-6.