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YOG: Bronze for Singapore in windsurfing
By Raj Kumar, Patwant Singh and Chung Lyn-Yi | Posted: 25 August 2010 1443 hrs

  Audrey Yong at the podium after winning the bronze medal in the Techno 293-girls' windsurfing (SPH-SYOGOC/IMRAN AHMAD)
 
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SINGAPORE: Singapore's Audrey Yong has secured another bronze in sailing for the nation in day 11 of the Youth Olympic Games.

The 15-year-old Mayflower secondary school student finished third in the final race of the Techno 293 windsurfing event, held at the National Sailing Centre.

She totalled 43 points after 10 races, missing out on the silver by just four points.

The silver medal went to Italy's Veronica Fanciulli instead, while Thailand's Siripon Kaewduang-Ngam took the gold.

Israel's Mayan Rafic won the boys' event.

Hong Kong's Michael Cheng was second, while Britain's Kieran Martin, third.

Meanwhile, Singapore's two-time World Champion Darren Choy finished the boys' byte CII event empty-handed.

Choy came in 12th in the final race, and was seventh overall.

The gold went to Ian Barrows of the US Virgin Islands.

Germany's Florian Haufe took the silver, while Just van Aanholt of the Dutch Antilles picked up the bronze.

Austria's Lara Vadlau won the girls' event.

Singapore's Natasha Yokoyama finished fifth overall.

Singapore's medal tally now stands at two silver and four bronze medals.

-CNA/wk

 


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