19 December 2008

M'SIA CLINCH THREE MORE GOLD FROM SILAT

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysian silat exponents won three more gold medals from silat at the Tunku Chancellor Hall, Universiti Malaya here today.

With the medal haul, Malaysia ended the campaign with five gold, nine silver and three bronze.

The three gold today came from Hafifi Hafiez Habibilah (men's class A), Mohamad Asuha Sacdan (men's class E) and Wan Nurul Hidayu Wan Abdul Razak (women's class C).

Twelve gold were at stake today.

National silat manager Ahmad Faizal Abu Bakar said Malaysia fielded only three national athletes, Amir Ikram Abd. Rahim, Wan Rosrahimah Wan Mustafa and Emy Latip.

"We could have won more gold had we enlisted the services of more national athletes like other countries," he told Bernama.

Hafifi Hafiez made short work of his Indonesian opponent 3-2, Wan Nurul Hidayu beat her Vietnamese rival 5-0 and Mohamad Asuha defeated her Vietnamese opponent 5-0.

Written by AHMAD MULIADY
Sourced from http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-36164875_ITM

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