HANGZHOU: The medals were coming in for Malaysia on day six of the Hangzhou Asian Games today.
But none of them was gold. Malaysia garnered one silver and three bronze medals instead.
Just like the 2018 edition, Malaysia had to settle for the men's sepak takraw team silver after they were outclassed 2-0 by Thailand in the final.
Track cyclist Shah Firdaus Sahrom, who clinched the sprint bronze a day earlier, collected another bronze, this time in the keirin, finishing behind China's gold medallist Zhou Yu and South Korea's Kang Seojun (silver).
Artistic gymnast Sharul Aimy Kamaru Hisam delivered a surprise in the vault when he upstaged Olympic champion Shin Jae Hwan of South Korea
for bronze.
Sharul became the second Malaysian gymnast in 17 years to finish on the Asiad podium after Ng Shu Wai's silver (vault) in the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
The Malaysian men's squash team delivered the third bronze medal of the day after losing 2-0 to India in the semi-final.
After six days of competition, the Malaysian contingent have collected two gold, three silver and eight bronze.
RESULTS (All finals unless stated)
Artistic Gymnastics
Men's vault: 1 Wataru Tanigawa (Jpn) 15.016pts, 2 Mahdi Olfati (Iri) 14.783, 3 Sharul Aimy Kamaru Hisam (Mas) 14.466;
Parallel bar: 1 Zou Jingyuan (Chn) 15.933, 2 Takeru Kitazono (Jpn) 15.233, 3 Kakeru Tanigawa (Jpn) 15.066;
Horizontal bar: 1 Zhang Boheng (Chn) 15.100, 2 Lin Chaopan (Chn) 14.800, 3 Kakeru Tanigawa (Jpn)14.633;
Women's balance beam: 1 Mana Okamura (Jpn) 13.966, 2 Tang Xijing (Chn) 13.733, 3 Ting Hua-Tien (Tai) 13.300;
Floor exercise: 1 Zhang Jin (Chn) 13.100, 2 Kim Son Hyang (Prk) 12.966, 3 Lim Su Min (Kor)12.800;
Athletics
Men's 20km walk: 1 Zhang Jun (Chn) 1:23:00, 2 Wang Zhaozhao (Chn) 1:24:08, 3 Yutaro Muramaya (Jpn) 1:24:41;
Women's 10000m: 1 Violah Motosio (Bah) 31:43.73; 2. Ririka Hironaka (Jpn) 31:50.74, 3 Caroline Kipkirui (Kaz) 33:15.83;
20km walk: 1 Yang Jiayu (Chn) 1:30:03, 2 Ma Zhenxia (Chn) 1:30:04, 3 Nanako Fujii (Jpn) 1:33:49;
Hammer throw: 1 Wang Zheng (Chn) 71.53m, 2 Zhao Jie (Chn) 69.44m, 3 Kim Tae Hui (Kor) 64.14m;
Badminton
Men's team quarter-final: Indonesia 1 S. Korea 3, India 3 Nepal 0, Hong Kong 1 Japan 3, Taiwan 1 China 3;
Women's team quarter-final: China 3 Indonesia 0, Japan 3 Taiwan 1, Thailand 3 India 0, S. Korea 3 Maldives 0;
Cycling
Men's madison final: 1 Japan 54pts, 2 S. Korea 54, 3 Kazakhstan 37;
keirin: 1 Zhou Yu (Chn), 2 Kang Seo Jun (S. Korea), 3 Shah Firdaus Sahrom (Mas);
Women's sprint: 1 Yuan Yiling (Chn), 2 Mina Sato (Jpn), 3 Riyu Ohta (Jpn);
Hockey Women's Group B: Kazakhstan 2 Indonesia 1, Thailand 0 Japan 14;
Group A: Hong Kong 0 Singapore 1, Malaysia 6 India 0;
Sepak Takraw
Men's team regu gold medal match: Thailand 2 Malaysia 0;
Women's team regu gold medal match: Thailand 2 S. Korea 0;
Shooting
Men's 50m 3-P: 1 Du Linshu (Chn) 460.6pts (GR), 2 Aishwary Pratap Singh (Ind) 459.7, 3 Tian Jiaming (Chn) 448.3;
Team: 1 India 1,769, 2 China 1,763, 3 South Korea 1,748.
Women's 10m air pistol: 1 Palak (Ind) 242.1 (GR), 2 Esha Singh (Ind) 239.7, 3 Kismala Talat (Pak) 218.2;
Team: 1 China 1,736 (GR), 2 India 1,731, 3 Taiwan 1723.
Squash
Men's team semifinal: Pakistan 2 Hong Kong 1, Malaysia 0 India 2 (Abhay Singh bt Addeen Idrakie 11-3, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, Saurav Ghosal bt Ng Eain Yow 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 11-3);
Women's team semifinal: Hong Kong 2 India 1, Malaysia 2 S. Korea 0 (Aifa Azman bt Eum Hwayeong 11-4, 11-1, 11-8, S. Sivasanggari bt Lee Ji Hyun 11-4, 11-4, 11-5);
Swimming
Men's 50m breaststroke: 1 Qin Haiyang (Chn) 26.35, 2 Sun Jiajun (Chn) 26.92, 3 Choi Dongyeol (Kor) 26.93;
200m backstroke: 1 Xu Jiayu (Chn) 1:55.37, 2 Lee Ju Ho (Kor) 1:56.54, 3 Hidekazu Takehara (Jpn) 1:57.63;
400m freestyle: 1 Kim Woo Min (Kor) 3:44.36, 2 Pan Zhanle (Chn) 3:48.81, 3 Nguyen Huy Hoang (Vie) 3:49.16;
Women's 50m butterfly: 1 Zhang Yufei (Chn) 25.10 GR, 2 Yu Yiting (Chn) 25.71, 3 Rikako Ikee (Jpn) 26.02;
800m freestyle-fast heat: 1 Li Bingjie (Chn) 8:20.01, 2 Waka Kobori (Jpn) 8:28.78, 3 Yang Peiqi (Chn) 8:35.47;
Triathlon
Men's: 1 Kenji Nener (Jpn) 1:50:54, 2 Makoto Odakura (Jpn) 1:51:49, 3 Ayan Beisenbayev (Kaz) 1:52:25;