LOH Jack Chang and Ho Mun Hua contributed two more gold medals for Malaysia on the final day of the SEA Games wushu competition at KLCC on Tuesday (22 Aug).
Battling a knee injury, the 30-year-old Loh scored 9.66 points to win the gold in the men’s Taijiquan event – his second gold in the Games after Sunday’s feat in the Taijijian event. Samuel Tan Wei Han of Singapore garnered 9.52 points for the silver and Myanmar’s Khant Min Htet took the bronze with 9.36 points.
The Malaysians concluded their mission in the Games with a golden harvest of six gold, five silvers and three bronze medals while Vietnam picked came second (3-4-3) and Indonesia third (3-3-3).
“This victory means a lot to me as I had undergone three operations for a meniscus tear and ACL on my right right knee. But I was determined with the gold,” said Loh who also won the Taijiquan gold in the 2015 Games in Singapore.
Ho accumulated 9.67 points for the Nanquan category gold, winning by a mere 0.01 point ahead of Quoc Khanh Pham from Vietnam (9.66 points) and Mohd Sufi Shayiran Roslan from Brunei (9.65 points.).
Indonesia’s Juwita Niza Wasni scored a total of 19.29 points for the nandao and nangun all-round category gold while Vietnam bagged both silver and bronze medals respectively through Nguyen Thuy Linh and Nguyen Thuc Anh.
The Philippines also bagged the first gold in the women’s Taijiquan category through Agatha Chrystenzen Fernandez Wong (9.66 points). Brunei’s Basma Lachkar and Singapore’s Ho Lin Ying took silver and bronze with scores of 9.54 and 9.44 points.
In women’s Changquan, Myanmar won gold and silver medals through Myat Thet Hsu Wai Phyo and Sandy Oo. Myat Thet accumulated 9.67 points leaving teammate Sandy with the silver. Vietnam’s Hoang Thi Phuong Giang took bronze (9.65 points).
