KUALA LUMPUR: Day five of the Hangzhou Asian Games saw Malaysia experience joy over equestrian rider Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil and disappointment over the national men's badminton's team.
Veteran horseman Qabil and his equine partner, Rosenstolz delivered a rousing gold medal in the individual dressage freestyle.
It was remarkably the first gold medal for 43-year-old Qabil since his Asiad debut 25 years ago.
The euphoria of Qabil's gold, however, was marred by the elimination of Malaysia from the first round of the men's badminton team event. Malaysia lost 3-1 to South Korea.
Malaysia got off to a bad start with Lee Zii Jia losing 21-14, 14-21, 21-18 to unheralded world No. 47 Jeon Hyeok Jin.
Former world champions Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik put Malaysia back in contention with a 21-17, 21-9 win over Seo Seung Jae-Kang Min Hyuk.
But Ng Tze Yong fell 21-11, 21-16 to the little-known world No. 119 Lee Yun Gyu in the second singles.
And the night ended miserably for Malaysia when second men's doubles Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi went down 21-16, 21-18 to Kim Won Ho-Na Sung Seung.
Track cyclist Shah Firdaus Sahrom delivered Malaysia's second medal of the day when he clinched the sprint bronze medal after beating China's Xue Chenxi 2-0 at the Chun'an Jieshou Velodrome. It was the third medal from the Malaysian track cyclists.
Malaysia have won two gold, two silver and five bronze medals after five days of competition.
However, Malaysia still trail Thailand, who are the best-performing Southeast Asian country with six gold, three silver and nine bronze.
Hosts China continued to lead the medal standings with 90 gold, 51 silver and 26 bronze.
South Korea remained second with 24-23-39 while Japan were third with 18-30-30.
MEDAL TALLY | ||||
COUNTRY | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
CHINA | 90 | 51 | 26 | 167 |
SOUTH KOREA | 24 | 23 | 39 | 86 |
JAPAN | 18 | 30 | 30 | 78 |
UZBEKISTAN | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 |
INDIA | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 |
THAILAND | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
HONG KONG | 5 | 12 | 15 | 32 |
TAIWAN | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
IRAN | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 |
NORTH KOREA | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
MALAYSIA | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Results of Day 5 events involving athletes from Malaysia and other nations
(All finals unless stated)
Artistic Gymnastic:
Men's floor exercise: 1 Kim Man Sol (Kor) 14.900pts, 2 Zhang Boheng (Chn) 14.333, 3 Lin Chaopan (Chn) 14.333;
Men's pommel horse: 1 Lee Chih Kai (Tai) 15.500, 2 Ryota Tsumura (Jpn) 15.166, 3 Nariman Kurbanov (Kaz) 15.100;
Men's rings: 1 Lan Xingyu (Chn) 15.433, 2 Nguyen Van Khanh Phong (Vie) 14.600, 3 Wataru Tanigawa (Jpn) Wataru Tanigawa;
Women's vault: 1 An Changok (Prk) 14.049, 2 Kim Sonhyang (Prk) 13.600, 3 Yu Linmin (Chn) 13.533;
Women's uneven bar: 1 An Changok (Prk) 14.266, 2 Mikako Serita (Jpn) 13.933, 3 Zou Tong (Chn) 13.866;
Badminton
Men's last 16: Mongolia 1 Nepal 3, S. Korea 3 Malaysia 1, Singapore 0 Japan 3, Taiwan 3 Maldives 0;
Women's last 16: Taiwan 3 Hong Kong 0, India 3 Mongolia 0, Maldives 3 Nepal 1;
Beach Volleyball
Men's gold medal match: China 0 Qatar 2;
Men's bronze medal match: Iran 0 Kazakhstan 2;
Cycling Track
Men's sprint gold medal: Kaiya Ota (Jpn) bt Zhou Yu (Chn);
Men's sprint bronze medal: Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Mas) bt Xue Chenxi (Chn)
Women's madison: 1 Japan 50, 2 Hong Kong 50, 3 S. Korea 27;
Equestrian:
Dressage individual freestyle: 1 Mohd Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil (Mas) 75.780pts, 2 Jacqueline Siu (Hkg) 73.450, 3 Anush Agarwalla (Ind) 73.030;
Football
Men's last 16: Uzbekistan 2 Indonesia 0, India 0 Saudi Arabia 2, Japan 7 Myanmar 0;
Women's Group A: Uzbekistan 0 China 6;
Group D: Japan 7 Vietnam 0, Nepal 1 Bangladesh 1;
Group E: S. Korea 5 Hong Kong 0, Philippines 3 Myanmar 0;
Hockey
Men's Group A: Uzbekistan 2 Pakistan 18, Bangladesh 7 Singapore 3;
Group B: Oman 5 Thailand 3, Indonesia 2 Malaysia 9, China 3 S. Korea 2;
Shooting
Men's 10m Air Pistol: 1 Pham Quang Huy (Vie) 40.5pts, 2 Lee Won Ho (Kor) 239.4, 3 Vladimir Svechnikov (Uzb) 219.9;
Team: 1 India 1734-50x, 2 China 1734-50x, 3 Vietnam 1730-59x;
Women's 10m Running target:1 Zukhra Irnazarova (Kaz) 560-10x, 2 Ri Jiye (Prk) 554-10x, 3 Paek Oksim (Prk) 551-8x;
Team: 1 N. Korea 1655-28x, 2 Kazakhstan 1642-25x, 3 Indonesia 1604-31x;
Skeet Mixed Team Gold: Kazakhstan 40 Kuwait 35;
Skeet Mixed Team Bronze: China 42+15 S. Korea 42+12;
Squash
Men's Group A: Pakistan 3 Kuwait 0, Qatar 1 Singapore 2, India 3 Nepal 0;
Group B: Japan 2 S. Korea 1, Malaysia 2 Hong Kong 1, Philippines 3 Thailand 0,
Women's team Group A: Thailand 3 Mongolia 0, Japan 1 S. Korea 2
Group B: Malaysia 3 India 0, Macao 2 Pakistan 1
Swimming
Men's 50m Butterfly final: 1 Baek In Chul (Kor) 23.29GR, 2 Teong Tzen Wei (Sin) 23.34, 3 Adilbek Mussin (Kaz) 23.44;
Men's 200m Breastroke final: 1 Qin Haiyang (Chn) 2:07.03 GR, 2 Dong Zhihao (Chn) 2:08.67, 3 Ippei Watanabe (Jpn) 2:09.91;
Men's 800m Freestyle- Fast Heat: Kim Woo Min (Kor) 7:46.03 GR, 2 Fei Liwei (Chn) 7:49.90, 3 Nguyen Huy Hoang (Vie) 7:51.44;
Men's 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay final: 1 China 3:10.88 AR, 2 S. Korea 3:12.96, 3 Japan 3:14.26;
Women's 50m Freestyle final: 1 Zhang Yufei (Chn) 24.26 GR, 2 Siobhan Haughey (Hkg) 24.34, 3 Cheng Yujie (Chn) 24.60;
Women's 200m Breastroke final: 1 Ye Shiwen (Chn) 2:23.84, 2 Kwon Sehyun (Kor) 2:26.31, 3 Runa Imai (Jpn) 2:26.41;
Women's 4 X 200m Freestyle Relay final: 1 Thailand 8:31.02, 2 Singapore 8:29.20, 3 Hong Kong 8:18.94;