PHNOM PENH: Malaysia won its first Sea Games weightlifting medal on the sport's last day today.
Nur Syazwani Radzi, 20, won a bronze when she lifted 80kg in the snatch event, and followed it up with 104kg in clean and jerk for a total of 184kg.
Indonesia's Tsabitha Alfiah Ramadani won the gold (204kg) and Vietnam's Thi Thu Uyen Dinh took silver (194kg).
Syazwani said though she was competing in the games for the first time and up against experienced athletes, she wasn't awed by the occasion.
"Before I went on stage, I watched Tsabitha and Thi lift, and I felt I should do something to win a medal."
She said she was happy to record a perfect lift, but her 80kg mark in the snatch was far from her personal best of 106kg.