28th SEA Games Singapore 2015
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SEA Games shooting: Singapore snags 2 golds, 1 silver in women’s 10m air rifle events.
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SEA Games chinlone: Singapore share bronze with Malaysia
SINGAPORE: The Republic's sepak takraw team had a rough start as it chalked up the lowest number of points at the 28th SEA Games Chinlone (Linking) segment on Saturday (Jun 6).
Scoring just 112 points in its first sepak takraw match, Singapore's team won a joint-bronze with the Malaysia team - which scored 208 points.
Cambodia, which advanced into finals with Laos, defeated the latter with 308 points. Laos came in second, scoring 299 points.
Singapore's six-man team may have failed to advance into the finals, but it would not go home empty-handed as the Asian Chinlone Federation rules that the third and fourth place would always be awarded a joint medal.
Speaking to Channel NewsAsia after the match, the Singapore chinlone team manager Mohd Nasri Haron said that the players are essentially sepak takraw players, not chinlone players.
"Chinlone is not as easy as it looks. It takes other countries years to master it. For us, it is the second time we are competing in this sport at the SEA Games," he said.
He added that as sepak takraw players, the boys lack the skill set and speed needed to excel in the sport. The Burmese sport, which was first introduced in the 27th SEA Games held in Myanmar, involves a team of six players passing a traditional rattan weaved back and forth using every part of the body except the hands.
In addition, a team is awarded only when the ball has been successfully passed through all team members. Each match consists of two sets of 10 minutes each.
"To us, we know the basic steps like the inside kick. But to perfect the last three steps - kicking with the heel, sole and making an outside step is the hardest for us," said the team's 19-year-old player Muhammad Iqmal.
Another player, Mohamed Elhazeep Ul Haq added: "Chinlone is different from sepak takraw because it requires you to complete as many sets as you can within a stipulated time."
"We don't have the set of skills on how to complete all the steps at one go. We are trying to take idea from the other countries - hopefully we can be more competitive in future events."
In 2013, Singapore also won a joint-bronze with Malaysia in the non-repetition primary level segment.
The team will compete again in the chinlone-non-repetition (Secondary) segment on Saturday, 6pm. Singapore's men’s team will also go head-to-head with Indonesia and Thailand on Monday (Jun 8).
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Netball: Singapore leads Malaysia 11-10 after the first quarter of the finals.
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Netball final: SIN vs MAS half-time stats
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SEA Games triathlon: Singapore wins bronze in men's race
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Netball: Singapore wins gold against Malaysia in a nail-biting final.
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Netball: Singapore's final point bringing the score to 46-43.
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And #OneTeamSG netballers did it! Gold, after beating #MAS 46-42 in a pulsating final! #SEAGames2015
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Men's Billiards Singles: Singapore's Peter Gilchrist wins gold over Vietnam.
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#SEAGames2015: Peter Gilchrist snares gold in English billiards (500) for #OneTeamSG http://bit.ly/1GsDjMU
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Rugby: Singapore win bronze with 21-0 win over Thailand
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Diving 3m Springboard: Malaysia's Ooi Tze Liang wins gold; S'pore takes bronze.
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Silver for #OneTeamSG divers Myra Lee and Freida Lim in the women's 10m synchro platform! 1. #MAS 2. #SIN 3. #THA
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Boxing welterweight (64kg) - Singapore's Leong Jun Hao through to semis after 2-1 win over Malaysian
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TNP: Team Singapore sepak takraw player Azreen Sairudin in hospital after accident on Sunday morning.
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A minute's silence will also be observed at all SEA Games 2015 venues as mark of respect for Sabah Quake victims.