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SINGAPORE: In the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) on Tuesday, in Table Tennis, Singapore are through to the second group stage after a perfect 3-0 record in Group H.
Clarence Chew and Girls' Singles silver medallist Isabelle Li defeated Africa-One 2-1 to add to their wins against Intercontinental-2 and Egypt.
Isabelle won her singles match in straight games, but Clarence lost to Nigeria's Ojo Onaolapo once again.
But the Singaporean duo combined forces to seal the tie in the mixed doubles. With the victory, Singapore top their group and advance to the top 16 in the second group stage.
In Diving and the Boys' 10m Platform Final, China's Qiu Bo collected his second gold at the YOG with a total score of 673.50 points.
Silver went to Ukraine's Oleksandr Bondar who was almost 70 points behind. And Mexico's Ivan Garcia claimed the bronze.
In Boys' Handball, Singapore have beaten the Cook Islands 32-18.
The Singapore boys had won the first leg of their playoff match 22-20 on Monday night.
With the win, the Republic finished fifth overall.
Over in the first semi-final, Egypt beat France 22-21.
With the victory, the Egyptians advance to the gold medal match to play South Korea, who beat Brazil 27-22 in their semi-final.
In Girls' Football, Chile have won the gold after beating Equatorial Guinea 5-3 on penalties.
The score was tied at 1-all after 80 minutes and the match went straight into a shootout to determine the winner.
Earlier, Turkey beat Iran 3-0 to take home the bronze.
In Girls' Hockey, The Netherlands won their first gold of the Games. They beat Argentina 2-1 after a golden goal from a penalty corner in extra time.
Earlier, New Zealand snatched the bronze after beating South Korea 5-4.
The game ended 4-4 at full time and was also settled by a golden goal.
In Boxing, In the Boys' Middle under-75kg Bout, Zoltan Harcsa of Hungary beat Nigeria's Muideen Akanji 8-1 to claim the bronze.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan's Sardorbek Begaliev beat Ecuador's Ytalo Perea 5-2 in the Boys' Light Heavy under-81kg Bout to secure bronze.
In the Boys' Heavy under-91kg Bout, Turkey's Umit Can Patir beat Tajikistan's Siyovush Zukhurov to take home the bronze.
In the Boys' Super Heavy plus 91kg Bout, Daniil Svaresciuc from Moldova beat Hungary's Jozsef Zsigmond after the Hungarian retired in Round 3. - CNA/ms
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