Team Singapore 6-medal haul from Malaysia Open

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Our national relay boys up on the podium.

It was a fruitful trip up north as a group of Singapore athletes, 11 in total competed at the 88th edition of Malaysia Open Athletics Championships 2012 held between 6th to 7th October. Present was also 3 officials.

They brought home 6 medals in total, 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze. The team also saw three season-best coming from three different athletes.

The venue was held at the National Training Track, Bukit Jalil, Kuala lumpur.

Day one saw nine of our athlete participating in five events. Three sprinters Wendy Enn, Lim Yao Peng and Md. Elfi Mustapa ran superbly to qualify for the finals in their respective events.

While our throwers impressed the field, as James Wong and Wan Lay Chi each produced a medal on the first day.

43-year-old James Wong threw a season-best of 48.70 metres in the men discus throw event. The effort makes him the number one ranked Singapore thrower in his event this season.

Last year SEA Games silver medalist Wan Lay Chi was in terrific form as she obliterated her competitors in the shot put women event. Her nearest competitor was 32 centimeters away from her 13.51 metres distance result.

Our national relays boys running the last event on the first day of Malaysia Open didn’t disappoint either. They ran 40.30 seconds in the men 4×100 metres event, clinching gold. That timing alone is faster than last SEA Games bronze mark of 40.41 seconds.

Day two we had three athletes slotted for three different events.

Wan Lay Chi started the morning bagging another personal gold in the women discus throw event. Not only she walked away from the Championship with her second medal but she achieved a season-best with a throw of 47.89 metres. Based on that result, she is currently ranked number two in the SEA region this year for the event.

Next up, undergraduate Soh Hua Qun added the last medal to Team Singapore 6-medal haul tally as he ran a season-best timing of 4:03.57 minutes in the men 1500 metres event.

In terms of medal tally standing, Singapore was ranked number two after day one of competition, but slipped to fifth position on the final day.

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Results

Female

Mark	m/s	IAAF pts	Category	Name		Status	Date	Remarks
13.51	–	782	Shot Put (4kg) Open	Wan Lay Chi	24	Final	6-Oct-2012	1st, Gold
47.89	–	849	Discus Throw (1kg) Open	Wan Lay Chi	24	Final	7-Oct-2012	1st, Gold, SB
59.14	–	897	400 Meter Dash Open	Enn, Wendy	18	Semifinal	6-Oct-2012
59.17	–	896	400 Meter Dash Open	Enn, Wendy	18	Final	6-Oct-2012	2nd, Silver
12.7 HT	0.4	–	100 Meter Dash Open	Enn, Wendy	18	Heat	6-Oct-2012
DQ	–	–	100 Meter Dash Open	Enn, Wendy	18	Final	6-Oct-2012
5:22.36	–	634	1500 Meter Open	Look, Xin Qi	20	Final	7-Oct-2012	5/6 position

Male

Mark	m/s	IAAF pts	Category	Name		Status	Date	Remarks
10.91	0.6	913	100 Meter Dash Open	Muhammad Elfi Mustapa	25	Heat	6-Oct-2012
12.64	–	468	100 Meter Dash Open	Muhammad Elfi Mustapa	25	Final	6-Oct-2012	7/7 position
11.12	–	851	100 Meter Dash Open	Lim, Yao Peng	23	Final	6-Oct-2012	6/7 position
11.17	0.6	837	100 Meter Dash Open	Lim, Yao Peng	23	Heat	6-Oct-2012
4:03.57	–	813	1500 Meter Open	Soh, Hua Qun	21	Final	6-Oct-2012	3rd, Bronze, SB
40.30	–	1060	4×100 Meter Open	Amir, Gary, Cheng Wei, Elfi	–	Final	6-Oct-2012	1st, Gold
48.70	–	849	Discus Throw (2kg) Open	James Wong	43	Final	6-Oct-2012	2nd, Silver, SB