Golden boy Eugenius bags fourth gold for Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: Golden boy Eugenius Lo bagged another gold medal in archery after edging Penang’s Khambeswaran Mohanaraja by one point in the compound men’s individual final at the 19th Malaysia Games in Perak, yesterday.
The 17-year-old student from KK High School shot 145 to claim his fourth gold medal at Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Seri Iskandar.
En route to the final, Eugenius beat Terengganu’s Mohamad Syafiq Md Ariffin, 144-143. The latter went on to win the bronze medal after beating his team mate Mohamad Saiful Adli Mat Zin, 143-140.
Earlier performances saw Eugenius win gold medals in the 70m, 50m and 30m events. He shot down the national record with a perfect score of 360 in the 30m. He also put his name to a new games record in the 70m.
Thanks to Eugenius, the archery squad now need only two gold medals to achieve the target and equal their haul at the 2016 SUKMA in Sarawak.
Team manager Paul Leong is hoping the two gold medals will come from today’s recurve team events.
“Hopefully, we can get the two gold medals tomorrow, otherwise we will have to try and get it in the compound team events on Friday,” he said.
In the compound women’s individual, Fatin Syazlin Mohd Sham lifted local pride after beating Nuraqilah Khairul from Johor, 143141. Sarawak’s Esther Yong Yin Ze beat her teammate Kho Yee Ting, 138-133 to win the bronze.
Meanwhile, five Sabahan exponents are in the running for gold medals as silat enters its final at the Dewan Jubili Perak in Kuala Kangsar, tomorrow. They are Mohammad Amiruddin Adzmi, Nurul Hazifah Jederion, Andi Azura Muluk, Nursyazeera Hidayah Idris and Yvonne Yap.
Mohammad Amiruddin beat Akmal Farhan Zulkafli (Negeri Sembilan), 5-0 to make his way to the final of Putera H (80-85kg). He faces Muhammad Aizat Iqbal Anuar from Johor in the gold medal match on Friday.
In the women’s semi-final, Nurul Hazifah beat Pahang’s Nor Aida Farhana Paezi 4-1 to face Malahayati Zahlan from Federal Territory in the Puteri F (70-75kg), while Andi Azura beat Nur Taqifah Abu Shah from Negeri Sembilan 50 to set up a clash with Nur Adilah Mohamad Zamri from Perak in Puteri D (60-65kg).
Nursyazeera Hidayah beat Kelantan’s Nur Shazliniey Halim 5-0 to face Nur Ainil Afifah Alias (Terengganu) in the Puteri B (5055kg), while Yvonne beat Fatin Nabilatul Suhaiba Razali from Melaka 4-1 to square off with Negeri Sembilan’s Nur Amira Izzati Khalid in Puteri C (55-60kg).