SINGAPORE: Singapore won its fourth gold at the Asian Youth Games on Friday. Swimmer Quah Ting Wen, 16, clinched the gold for Singapore when she came out tops in the Girls' 200-metre freestyle.

Quah trailed her Korean opponent for 150 metres before pulling ahead towards the end to finish with a timing of 1:59.21 minutes.

Following closely behind her was Korea's Kim Junghye who clinched the silver medal with a timing of 1:59.93 minutes. Kim's fellow countrywoman, Kim Seoyeong, took the bronze medal with a timing of 2:01.92 minutes.

Singapore also bagged five bronze medals on Friday - three from swimming, one from athletics and another from table tennis.

Two of the bronzes came from the 50-metre breaststroke in both the Boys' and Girls' events. They were won by Lionel Khoo and Roanne Ho respectively.

The third bronze came from Rainer Ng Kai Wee in the Boys' 100-metre backstroke.

Singapore's fourth bronze of the day was won by the boys in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay when they came in fourth in the event.

Singapore also bagged a bronze from the mixed table-tennis team, after losing to China in the semifinals.

China was just too strong for Team Singapore in the match played at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall.

China's Chen Meng whipped Isabelle Li in straight sets, winning 3-0. However Clarence Chew salvaged some pride for Singapore by winning one set although he eventually lost 1-3 to Cheng Jing Qi.

Despite the defeat, the Singapore players were happy with their performance.

Clarence said: "Playing against China, there's no pressure for me. So I gave it all out."

Isabelle said: "Overall I think I played quite well. But I think I attacked too much at the end."

The other bronze in the event went to Chinese Taipei players who lost to North Korea.

- CNA/ir