Gymnasts dominate competition

rhythmic gymnastics squad ended their campaign at the Asean School Games (ASG) with a clean sweep of all six gold on offer.

After two gold were decided on Sunday, another four gold were up for grabs in the competition yesterday in the clubs, ball, hoops and ribbon disciplines.

As expected, Izzah Amzan was the standout gymnast for Malaysia, bagging five gold and one silver throughout the competition.

Izzah, who won the individual all around and team event earlier, added the clubs, ball and ribbon golds as well as the hoops silver yesterday.

The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games silver medallist said she was pleased to have bettered her performance compared to the Singapore ASG last year.

“I feel happy and relieved to do better here, last year I only won four gold, one silver and one bronze (in Singapore).” said Izzah.

She scored 15.500 points to come out tops in the clubs ahead of teammate Rayna Hoh (14.350) as well as joint-third placed duo T. Arisa of Thailand and Althea Descutido (Philippines) who were both tied on 10.850.

Izzah clinched the ball gold after scoring 14.350 while Ng Jia Wen (11.600) settled for silver. Wahyu Yolanda Putri (Indonesia) and Singapore’s Angelina Lin shared the bronze after being tied on 9.950.

Her third gold of the day came via the ribbon which she won on 11.550. Iris Hoo (11.350) and Kanpicha Patanasak (9.450) of Thailand came in second and third respectively.

Rayna won the hoops gold on 14.900 with Izzah taking silver with 14.300. Piyada Peeramatukorn (Tha) completed the podium with a 10.550 score.

Thanks to an additional 14 gold in the bag yesterday, Malaysia are leading the overall competition at ASG with a 22 gold, 23 silver and 15 bronze haul to date. Indonesia are second (16-16-20) while Thailand are third on 12-1616.