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The Star
12-08-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Young divers Yiat Qing and Enrique won't get chance to defend titles at SEA Games
Malaysia's Enrique Harold competes in the preliminary round of the men's 10m platform diving event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Hamad Aquatics Centre in Doha on February 9, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) PETALING JAYA: In a major surprise, diving talents Lee Yiat Qing and Enrique Harold Maccartney will not get the chance to win back-to-back SEA Games gold medals for Malaysia in December. Yiat Qing and Enrique joined seasoned diver Pandelela Rinong on the sidelines as Malaysia bank on a relatively inexperienced squad to maintain their dominance in the sport. Pandelela's lingering injury put paid to the younger Yiat Qing's chances to make a second SEA Games appearance in the women's 10m platform synchro event. Yiat Qing was paired off with Pandelela a few months back to prepare for the women's 10m platform synchro event. It is the only event for women's diving while the men's action s will see contests in the 1m and 3m springboard individual, and 3m springboard synchro. Yiat Qing was only 15 when she made her SEA Games debut by winning gold in the women's 10m platform individual at the Cambodia SEA Games in 2023 and she was subsequently promoted to the Podium programme this year. Enrique claimed gold for Malaysia in the men's 10m platform individual but has to miss the SEA Games this time as the event has not been included by the Thailand organisers despite appeals from numerous countries. Nur Eilisha Rania and Nurul Farisya Alia Affendi will shoulder the challenge for gold in the women's 10m platform synchro. "Pandelela's shoulder injury has not improved and we have to exclude Yiat Qing for the SEA Games as there is no individual platform this time," said diving technical director Yeoh Ken Nee. "Rania and Farisya are the second ranked pair behind Pandelela-Yiat Qing in the women's 10m platform synchro and gold medallists for Sarawak in the event at the Malaysia Games (Sukma) last year. "Rania and Farisya finished second and are not far off from Pandelela-Yiat Qing in the national trials, so hopefully they can get their act together at the SEA Games.'' Nur Eilisha and Nurul, together with Elvis Priestly Anak Clement, are going under category B while defending men's 3m springboard champion Mohd Syafiq Puteh will compete under category A along with debutants Nurqayyum Nazmi Mohd Nazim and Yong Rui Jie. Elvis was Malaysia's best individual performer at the World Championships in Singapore recently when he reached the semi-finals (top 18) of the men's 10m platform individual. But Elvis will have to see action in the men's 3m springboard this time. "It is not confirmed yet as to who will compete in what events for the springboard divers,'' added Ken Nee. "We do have a tough fight going on for the gold medals this time, especially from Singapore but we will try our best to continue the good results." The last time Malaysia did not finish with a clean sweep in diving was at the 2017 SEA Games. Malaysia bagged a total of 13 gold medals but had to surrender the women's 3m springboard synchro title to Singapore after Wendy Ng Yan Yee committed a doping violation. In Cambodia, Malaysia won a total of four gold, two silver and one bronze medals.
Straits Times
11-08-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
National sprinter Marc Louis adds 200m mark to his bag of national sprint records
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox SINGAPORE – The stars finally aligned for sprinter Marc Louis in Sano, Japan, on Aug 11 when he shattered the 200m mark to complete his collection of national sprint records. Breaking Reuben Lee's 21.07sec time was a target set by his coach Benber Yu at the start of the year and eight months later, he is Singapore's fastest man in the 60m, 100m and 200m events. At the 2nd Sano Sprint, Louis beat five Japanese athletes with his 20.89sec effort, with Sho Kitagawa (21.01sec) and Jun Yamashita (21.27sec) finishing second and third respectively. His time not only eclipsed Lee's previous record set in 2022 but also went under the 21.02sec qualifying mark for 2025 SEA Games. 'I have been trying to chase this record and it feels good to have done it,' said Louis, who turned 23 on Aug 7. 'I felt very happy because there was good execution in the race. I am grateful to be in this position.' Yu, who has worked with Louis for over a decade, could not contain his happiness when he spoke to The Straits Times post-race. He said: 'We are overwhelmed because we have been eyeing it for a while. But previously, in races in Singapore, either the weather was not good or there was not enough competition in the races to push him. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Business Lower-wage retail workers to receive up to 6% pay bump from Sept 1 Singapore Keppel to sell M1's telco business to Simba for $1.43b, says deal expected to benefit consumers Singapore ST Explains: Who owns Simba, the company that is buying M1? Singapore Telco competition expected to subside, price war unlikely after sale of M1 to Simba: Analysts Singapore ST Explains: What is Vers and which HDB estates could it be rolled out in? Singapore For Vers to work, compensation should account for varied needs of HDB flat owners: Observers Singapore Ong Ye Kung rebuts complaints about treatment of stallholders at Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre Singapore 'Incorrigible' sexual predator who preyed on children convicted for 4th time 'In this race in Japan, there were some really strong sprinters and that's what we needed. I am thankful and amazed and we also need to credit the whole support team from Singapore Athletics, Sport Singapore and SSI (Singapore Sport Institute).' Having completed his national service last December, Louis decided to train full-time in 2025 to unlock more of his potential, following steady improvements the previous two seasons. At the Cambodia SEA Games in May 2023 , he won Singapore's first 100m silver medal since Gary Yeo's runner-up finish in 2011. His time of 10.39sec was just 0.02sec behind the winner, Soraoat Dapbang of Thailand. Four months later, he lowered U.K. Shyam's 2001 national 100m record by 0.10sec with his 10.27sec run at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Louis then broke the 60m national record at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in March 2024 with his 6.69sec effort, eclipsing Yeo's 2012 mark by 0.02sec. He shaved 0.01sec off his own 60m record on March 1 in Oskemen, Kazakhstan, and 20 days later, equalled it at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing. With the 200m national mark under his belt, Louis is not letting up. Louis, who credited Yu and strength coach Danny Lum for the achievement, said: 'It is an amazing feeling to be holding all the national records. I did expect to get the 200m record eventually but it is not something I can say I was dreaming about since I was younger. 'Growing up, I was doing totally different events, I was doing the hurdles. But now that I have these records, I will try my best to be as fast as possible.' Yu attributed Louis' progress to the work done on his speed endurance and tweaking his running form. The coach said: 'We have been working on opening up his stride, lifting his knees, and unlocking that extra burst (at the finish of a race).' Louis' next big assignment is the Dec 9-20 SEA Games in Thailand, where the soft-spoken speedster will be seeking a historic sprint gold. He will be hoping to make the progression in the 100m event, after winning the bronze on his debut in Hanoi in 2022 and the silver in Cambodia. He has yet to compete in the 200m at the biennial event. The last Singaporean male athlete to win a sprint gold at the regional event was C. Kunalan, who claimed the 100m and 200m double at the 1969 South-east Asian Peninsular Games (the predecessor of the SEA Games) in Burma (now Myanmar). Describing recent results as being a boost, Louis said: 'This (200m record) is a good motivation for me. I believe I have medal potential for both events, and I am going to prepare well for the Games and hopefully I can bring back a medal in both events.'
The Star
28-06-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Snooker heartbreak as Thor and Lim's brave run ends in final defeat to India
File pix of Thor Chuan Leong (left) and Lim Kok Leong with their medals for the men's snooker singles at the 2023 Cambodia SEA Games. — GLENN GUAN/The Star PETALING JAYA: Rory Thor Chuan Leong and Lim Kok Leong's gallant bid to bring home the first Asian 6-Red Snooker Team Championship title for Malaysia ended with a 1-3 defeat at the hands of India tonight (June 28). Newly crowned 6-Red Asian individual champion Chuan Leong made a good start when he overcame Brijesh Damani 68-58 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. However, India levelled the tie after Pankaj Arjan Advani won the next singles match against Kok Leong 66-25. India were in front after Advani-Damani combined to overcome Chuan Leong-Kok Leong 75-33 in the doubles match. Advani put up a clinical performance in the reverse singles match to seal victory for India, beating Chuan Leong 58-1. The Malaysian Snooker and Billiards Federation (MSBF) president Melvin Chia applauded the duo for fighting hard to raise the flag for Malaysia on the international stage again. "There was not much expected from both of them as this was their very first tournament since they represented Malaysia at the Cambodia SEA Games two years ago. "It was a very satisfactory achievement to bring back one gold and one silver. "Our next goal after this is to get ready for the Thailand SEA Games in December," he said. The Malaysian duo can certainly hold their heads high as they had performed well throughout the tournament to enter the final for the first time. Chuan Leong-Kok Leong were impressive earlier as they beat favourites Pakistan A 3-1 to set up a final clash against India, who carved out a 3-2 win over Hong Kong A in the other semi-final match earlier in the day. Malaysia had fought hard to beat Hong Kong B 3-2 to reach the semis and assure a medal.
