YOG: Singapore wins its first YOG medal
By Patwant Singh | Posted: 16 August 2010 2041 hrs

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SINGAPORE: Singapore has won its first medal at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

Daryl Tan secured the bronze in the Boys' Under-55kg taekwondo event at the Suntec International Convention Centre.

The 17-year-old Raffles Junior College student made it to the last four after beating Myanmar's Shein Naing Dwe Shein.

But in the semis, Daryl was no match against Kaveh Rezaei of Iran, the World Junior champion.

The Iranian was in total control, winning 12-0 over three rounds in just 10 minutes.

The bronze medal was awarded to both losing semi-finalists.

Over at the Singapore Sports School, South African swimmer Chad le Clos stormed home in 2 minutes, 0.68 seconds to win gold in the Boys' 200-metre Individual Medley.

He claimed victory by almost 2 seconds over Kenneth To of Australia. Le Claire's compatriot Dylan Bosch won the bronze.

In the Girls' 100-metre semi-final, Singapore's Amanda Lim finished 6th in a time of 57.99 seconds and failed to qualify for the finals in her pet event.

Emma McKeon from Australia and China's Tang Yi topped their heats to emerge as gold medal favourites.

In the Boys' 100-metre breaststroke, Nicolas Schafer beat Russia's Anton Lobanov to clinch the first gold medal for Australia. His time of 1 minute 1.03 second was the fastest by 6 hundredths of a second.

In the Boys' 100-metre backstroke, He Jianbin of China clinched gold in a time of 55.16 seconds.

Israel's Yarkov Toumarkin snatched the silver after finishing a tenth of a second back, while Lavrans Solli of Norway clinched the bronze.

In the Girls' 100-metre backstroke, Daryna Zevina took the gold in 1 minute 1.51 seconds.

In the Girls' 200-metre butterfly final, Hungary's Boglarka Kapas won the gold in 2 minutes, 8.72 seconds.

Spain's Judit Ignacio took the silver, while Liu Lan of China won the bronze.

In the Boys' 200-metre freestyle final, Russian Andrey Ushakov was triumphant, winning gold in 1 minute, 49.81 seconds.

Venezuela's Cristian Quentero clinched the silver, while Singapore-born Canadian Jeremy Bagshaw took the bronze.

In the Girls' 50-metre breaststroke final, Canada's Rachel Nicol claimed the gold in a time of 32.06 seconds.

Martina Carraro of Italy won silver, 4 tenths of a second behind. And Portugal's Ana de Pinho Rodriguez took the bronze.

Over in wrestling, in the Girls' Under-60kg freestyle, Battsetseg Baatarzorig of Mongolia won the gold.

Pooja Dhanda of India got the silver and Lipatova Svetlana of Russia won the bronze.

In the Girls' Under-70kg freestyle, Dorothy Yeats of Canada won the gold, Jinju Moon of South Korea the silver and Karyna Stankova of Ukraine the bronze.

In the Girls' Under-46kg category, Yu Miyahara of Japan clinched the gold. Iulia Leorda of Moldova won the silver and Petra Olli of Finland the bronze.

In the Girls' Under-52kg freestyle, Patimat Bagomedova took the gold. The silver medal was won by Yuan Yuan of China and Nilufar Gadaeva of Uzbekistan secured the bronze.

Meanwhile Team Singapore's badminton player Huang Chao continued his winning form.

The China-born Singaporean beat Mario Cuba of Peru 21-15, 21-10 and then went on to defeat New Zealand's Asher Richardson 21-7, 21-8 for a place in the quarterfinals.

On Sunday, the 18-year-old Singaporean upset the number two seed, India's Sairaneeth Bhamidipati, winning 21-12, 18-21, 21-17.


- CNA/ir