01 December 2005

SEA GAMES: M'SIA OPEN SILAT CAMPAIGN ON A HIGH NOTE

The national pencak silat squad opened their campaign on high note on the first day of competition at the 23rd Sea Games, winning a gold and a bronze at the Cebu Coliseum here tonight

Suzy Mohd Sulaiman displayed a scintillating performance in the women's individual event to outclass Tuti Winarni from Indonesia and Singapore's Norizan Anuar. Suzy scored 465 points while the latter two tallied 457 and 456 points respectively

The trio of Marzuki Mokhtar, Hafiz Abu Hassan and Mohd Fauze Latip gave Malaysia the bronze in the men's team event after collecting 460 points

The Indonesian team represented by Agus Lamun, Achmad Rizanul Wahyudi and Nuryudha Bijak Imansyah won the gold while the silver went to the Vietnamese trio of Nguyen Huy Bao, Nguyen Dang Linh and Le Quang Dung

Both teams ended up with 461 points but the judges decided to award the gold to Indonesia

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