Chen Jie guns for glory at Asian meet after breaking national mark
The 20-year-old fired down two gold medals in the 10m air rifle on Friday and 50m rifle three position on Thursday at the National Shooting Range in Subang Jaya but it was her performance in the shorter distance that won admiration.
She shattered the national record in the qualifying event with a score of 627.3 points, surpassing the previous mark of 627.0 set by Shahera Rahim Raja in 2019.
In the thrilling final, she scored 246.5 points to edge out Perak's Nor Ayla Aqila Mahathir (245.7).
In the 50m rifle three positions, she amassed 445.8 to comfortably finish ahead of Alia Husna Budruddin (438.5) and veteran Nur Suryani Taibi (426.4).
'I'm truly honoured and grateful to break both the senior and junior (rewrote her own mark of 626.9) national records in the 10m air rifle event,' said an elated Chen Jie.
'The achievement in the Tun Tan Siew Sin Trophy gives me extra motivation to keep improving and stay focused on my goals,' said the Sarawak Malaysia Games (Sukma) seven-gold medal winner.
'I know there's still a long way to go, but I'm ready to keep pushing.'
Besides the Asian meet, Chen Jie is also to qualify for this year's SEA Games in Thailand.
'I hope I can stay on the right track and maintain this momentum all the way to qualify for the SEA Games.'
'It's all about consistency, and I also try to handle the pressure by focusing in the process rather than comparing myself to others.'
MEN
10m air pistol Individual : 1. Johnathan Wong (Mel) 237.5 pts, 2. Wan Mohd Syafiq Wan Mustaza (Pah) 230.8, 3. Mohd Aswanizam Rolizam (Kpt) 209.2. Team: 1. Pahang 1,700, 2. Police 1,657, 3. KPT-Masum 1,646.
25m pistol Individual: 1. Ridhuan Mohamed (Atm) 556, 2. Mohd Zainal Azim Ahmad Mahmud (Pah) 550, 3. Ahmad Danial Hakim Abdul Razak (Pah) 544. Team: 1. Pahang 1,570, 2. Police 1,543, 3. Terengganu 1,411.
25m rapid fire pistol: 1. Hafiz Adzha (Pol) 570, 2. Hasli Izwan Amir Hassan (Prk) 568, 3. Ridhuan Mohamed (Atm) 560.
25m centre fire pistol: 1. Hafiz Adzha (Pol) 542, 2. Ridhuan Mohamed (Atm) 541, 3. Muhaithir Johari (Pol) 537.
50m pistol: 1. Johnathan Wong (Mel) 546, 2. Wan Mohd Syafiq Wan Mustaza (Pah) 539, 3. Abdul Hadi Malek (Pol) 538.
50m pistol team: 1. Pahang 1,580, 2. Police 1,541, 3. Armed Forces 1,430
10m air rifle Individual: 1. Haritz Ikhlil Hessly Hafiz (Kpt) 246.5, 2. Nazirul Iqbal Roszaini (Prk) 240.4, 3. Ahmad Fahmi Adani Ahmad Faisal Anwar (Pah) 219.8.
Team: 1. KPT-Masum 1,827.3, 2. Pahang 1,825.5, 3. Sabah 1,811.7. 50m rifle three positions Individual: 1. Haritz Ikhlil Hessly Hafiz (Kpt) 447.7, 2. V. Hiranraaj (Prk) 441.5, 3. Fikhri Hafiy Mohd Fazley (Pah) 422.0.
Team: 1. Pahang 1,678, 2 Police 1,674, 3. Perak 1,652. 50m rifle prone: 1. Mohd Ezuan Nasir Khan (Atm) 591, 2. Ahmad Zaffin Kushairie Mohd Azman (Pah) 590, 3. Ahmad Fahmi Adani Ahmad Faisal Anwar (Pah) 588.
50m rifle prone team: 1. Pahang 1,762, 2. Armed Forces 1,743, 3. Perak 1,735.
Women
10m air pistol Individual: 1. Nurul Syasya Nadiah Mohd Ariffin (Kpt) 234.3, 2. Bibiana Ng (Pol) 230.9, 3. Alia Sazana Azahari (Mel) 211.5 Team: 1. KPT-Masum 1,695, 2. Pahang 1,668, 3. Selangor 1,640.
25m pistol Individual: 1. Alia Sazana Azahari (Mel) 32, 2. Wan Nur Afiqah Wan Mohd Haneef (Pah) 25, 3. Dina Batrisyia Adi Azhar (Sel) 19. Team: 1. Pahang 1,658, 2. Selangor 1,624, 3. Terengganu 1,583.
50m rifle three positions Individual: 1. Gan Chen Jie (Nse) 445.8, 2. Alia Husna Budruddin (Kpt) 438.5, 3. Nur Suryani Taibi (Atm) 426.4. Team: 1. Perak 1,657, 2. Pahang 1,652 (Only two teams had the required three shooters for this event).
10m air rifle Individual: 1. Gan Chen Jie (Nse) 246.5, 2. Nor Ayla Aqila Mahathir (Prk) 245.7, 3. Nur Aina Natasha Anderson (Sab) 224.8 Teameam: 1. KPT-Masum 1,852.6, 2. Perak 1,827.8, 3. Sabah 1,828.6.
50m rifle prone Individual: 1. Nur Suryani Taibi (Atm) 583, 2. Nor Ayla Aqila Mahathir (Prk) 581, 3. Ainul Mardhiah Yusri (Prk) 577. Team: 1. Perak 1,728, 2. Pahang 1,718, 3. Sabah 1,658.
Mixed
10m air pistol Gold: Melaka (Johnathan Wong-Joseline Cheah) bt Armed Forces (Amirul Ikhwan Razmi-Siti Nur Masitah Mohd Badrin) 16-8. Bronze: KPT-Masum (Azwanizam Rolizam-Nurul Syasya Nadiah Ariffin) bt Pahang (Damia Hani Mohd Sakran-Ahmad Danial Hakim Abdul Razak) 16-2.
10m air rifle Gold: 1. KPT-Masum (Haritz Ikhlil Hessly Hafiz-Mumtazah Mawaddah Shamsuri) bt Armed Forces (Mohd Ezuan Nasir Khan-Nur Suryani Taibi) 16-14 Bronze: Pahang (Fahmi Adani Faisal Anwar-Nur'Ameline Dania Azizul Hakim) bt Sabah (Dexter Dean Jonius-Chenny Herman) 17-15.
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