KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian contingent have surpassed their 27-medal target for the Hangzhou Asian Games with three days of competition remaining.
Wall-bashers Syafiq Kamal and Aifa Azman started the ball rolling by winning the mixed doubles silver. They lost 11-10, 11-10 to India's Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu-Deepika Palikal Karthik in the final.
Compound archers Juwaidi Mazuki, Alang Ariff Aqil Ghaz and Syafiq Md Ariffin then delivered a bronze medal in the men's team event after beating Taiwan's Chang Cheng Wei, Chen Chieh Lun and Yang Cheng Jui 228-208.
The Malaysian trio had earlier gone down 232-230 to South Korea's Joo Jaehoon, Yang Jaewon and Kim Jongho in the semi-finals.
Squash player S. Sivasangari delivered Malaysia's fourth gold of the Games after seeing off Hong Kong's Chan Sin Yuk 8-11, 15-13, 10-12, 11-9, 12-10 in the women's final.
It was Sivasangari's second gold in Hangzhou after steering the women's team to the gold.
Karate debutant Lovelly Anne Robberth produced the biggest surprise of the day by winning a silver in the women's individual kata. The karateka finished second to defending champion Kiyou Shimizu of Japan.
Lovelly's silver medal saw the Malaysian contingent hit their 27-medal target in Hangzhou.
Squash ace Ng Eain Yow delivered Malaysia's fifth gold of the Games when he upstaged India's Saurav Ghosal 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 in the men's singles final.
The Malaysian contingent have now collected five gold, six silver and 17 bronze medals for a total of 28 medals.
SELECTED RESULTS
(All finals unless stated)
ARCHERY
Compound
Men's team: India bt South Korea 235-230.
Bronze: Malaysia bt Taiwan 228-208.
Women's team: India bt Taiwan 230-229.
Bronze: South Korea bt Indonesia 232-229.
ATHLETICS
Men's marathon: 1 He Jie (Chn) 2:13:02, 2 Han Ilryong (Prk) 2:13:27, 3 Yang Shaohui (Chn) 2:13:39.
Women's marathon: 1 Eunice Chumba (Brn) 2:26:14, 2 Zhang Deshun (Chn) 2:27:55, 3 Sardana Trofimova (Kyr) 2:28:41.
BADMINTON
Q-finals
Men's singles: HS Prannoy (Ind) bt Lee Zii Jia (Mas) 21-16, 21-23, 22-20; Li Shifeng (Chn) bt Anthony Ginting (Ina) 21-13, 21-17; Kodai Naraoka (Jpn) bt Ng Tze Yong (Mas) 22-20, 21-15; Chou Tien Chen (Tai) bt Shi Yuqi (Chn) 21-18, 21-12.
Doubles: Lee Yang-Wang Chi Lin (Tai) bt Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto (Ina) 21-19, 21-18; Choi Sol Gyu-Kim Won Ho (Kor) bt Law Cheuk Him-Yeung Shing Choi (Hkg) 21-7, 21-11; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Liu Yuchen-Ou Xuanyi (Chn) 21-18, 19-21, 21-18.
Women's singles: An Se Young (Kor) bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Tha) 21-12, 21-13; He Bingjiao (Chn) bt PV Sindhu (Ind) 21-16, 21-12; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Kim Ga Eun (Kor) 21-17, 17-21, 21-15.
Doubles: Chen Qingchen-Jia Yifan (Chn) bt Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida (Jpn) 21-17, 21-18; Kim So Yeong-Kong Hee Yong (Kor) bt Yeung Nga Ting-Yeung Pui Lam (Hkg) 21-8, 21-16, 21-9; Baek Ha Na-Lee So Hee (Kor) bt Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah (Mas) 15-21, 21-11, 21-7.
Mixed doubles: Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong (Chn) bt Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei (Mas) 21-14, 23-21; Seo Seung Jae-Chae Yu Jung (Kor) bt Ye Hong Wei-Lee Chia Hsin (Tai) 23-21, 21-10; Feng Yanzhe-Huang Dongping (Chn) bt Supak Jomkoh-Supissara Paewsampran (Tha) 21-14, 21-7; Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino (Jpn) bt Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) 21-8, 21-8.
CYCLING-ROAD
Men's road race: 1 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) 4:25:29, 2 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) 3, Sainbayaryn Jambaljamts (Mgl) 4:31:11.
KARATE
Men's kumite -75kg: Nurkanat Azhikanov (Kaz) bt Hasan Masarweh (Jor) 8-0.
Bronze: Nazom Nurlanov (Kgz) bt R. Sharmendran (Mas) 8-0; Ignatius Kandou (Ina) bt Yusei Sakiyama (Jpn) 4-0.
Men's kata individual: Kazumasa Moto (Jpn) bt Kuok Kin Hang (Mac) 43.00-39.80
Bronze: Park Hee-Jun (Kor) bt Chris Cheng (Hkg) 42.60-41.60; Sayed Salman Al Mosawi (Kuw) bt Mustafa Hama Salih (Irq) 41.40-40.00.
Women's kumite -68kg: Li Qiaoqiao (Chn) bt Laura Alikul (Kaz) 4-0.
Bronze: Dinh Thi Huong (Vie) bt Georgia Zefanya (Ina) 1-0; Hala Al Qadi (Ple) bt Chao Ju (Tai) 6-3.
Women's kata individual: Shimizu Kiyou(Jpn) bt Lovelly Ann Robbert (Mas) 42.60-39.80.
Bronze: Grace Lau (Hkg) bt Nguyen Thi Phuong (Vie) 43.40-40.60; Sakura Al Forte (Phi) bt Chien Hui Hsuan (Tai) 41.90-41.30.
SQUASH
Men's singles: Ng Eain Yow (Mas) bt Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7.
Women's singles: S. Sivasangari (Mas) bt Chan Sin Yuk (Hkg) 8-11, 15-13, 10-12, 11-9, 12-10.
Mixed doubles: Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu-Deepika Palikal Karthik (Ind) bt Syafiq Kamal-Aifa Azman (Mas) 11-10, 11-10.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Men's 96kg: 1 Tian Tao (Chn) 390kg, 2 Ro Kwangryol (Prk) 386kg, 3 Sarat Sumpradit (Tha) 384kg.