Over 50 gymnasts vie for Sarawak Amateur Gymnastics Association upgrading honours
Prize winners pose with Kho (fourth left), Tan (left, back row), Ong (left, squatting), judges and officials at the end of the grading competition.
KUCHING (May 15): Genevieve Sim Xin Yu and Attelia Sim Xin Ting dominated the Grade 2 Part 2 of the Sarawak Amateur Gymnastics Association (SAGYMA) Rhythmic Gymnastics Grading Competition held at MMA Sports Hub, Boulevard Shopping Mall Kuching last Sunday.
Genevieve topped the ball apparatus with 8.10 points, clubs with 8.40 points and all-around finals with 24.50 points and finished second in the ribbon with 8.00 points. Attelia bagged the gold in the ribbon with 8.05 points and the silvers in ball and clubs as well as finishing second in the all-around finals.
Francess Clare Lim Syn, the only participant in Grade 3 Part 1 grading, scored 25.25 points (freehand, rope, hoop and all-around finals) for the gold while the Grade 2 Part 1 winner was Joanna Tan Xiuyan who collected a total of 26.35 points for freehand, rope, hoop and all-around finals.
In the Little Gymnast (LG) category, Joan Chew Jia Yuan made a clean sweep of the gold medals in the freehand (8.50), rope (7.55), ball (7.85) and all-around finals 23.90 while finishing in second was Melody Choo En Le with freehand (8.25), rope (7.45), ball (7.35) and all-around finals (23.00).
Other gold medalists included Hannah Leong Fay Ying (G1P1 freehand), Andrea Heng Xue En (G1P2 ball, all-around finals), Sisaundra Audra Chaplin (G1P1 rope), Chin Yu Xuan (G1P1 hoop, all-around finals) and Lau Yu Hui (G1P2 clubs, ribbon).
The one-day grading competition attracted 51 gymnasts.
Political secretary to Premier Sarawak, Kho Teck Wan, who is also SAGYMA patron, closed the event and gave away the prizes. Also present were SAGYMA president Johnny Tan Seng Hock, Sarawak Sports Corporation sports development officer for rhythmic gymnastics Irlyiana Jefri, Sarawak MSSM rhythmic gymnastics technical officer Ong Shian Lin, MMA Hub Kuching owner Tsan Nieng Khai and SAGYMA officials. Sarawak Amateur Gymnastics Association upgrading
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