ESTHER Cheah burst into tears while Sharon Koh and Alex Liew were emotional after missing out on the medals by a whisker on the final day of the bowling competition at the Tianhe Bowling Hall yesterday.
The Malaysian team had hoped to meet the three-gold medal target through either the women’s or men’s Masters events yesterday but, instead, they had to settle being the second best country in the overall standings with a haul of 2-1-1.
South Korea emerged tops, winning eight of the 12 gold medals at stake. The Koreans closed with victories in both the men’s and women’s Masters through Choi Bok-eum and Hwang Sun-ok respectively.
Esther had the best chance to strike it right yesterday.
She went into the final eight games in second position but gradually fell out of medal contention. Esther had lines of 200-210-190-195-192-197-209-208 to finish fifth on 3,439.
A more consistent Sharon caught up and was in bronze medal position in the 15th game with a high game of 256 pins. But she ended up in fourth place on 3,464 – just two behind Singapore’s Cherie Tan.
A frustrated Esther said that there were “a thousand” reasons for her tears.
“It was so frustrating to bowl without enjoying any high game. I tried to stay cool and confident but the corner pins just refuse to fall,” she said.
“I wanted so badly to give our women’s team a big lift here and also hand a birthday gift to my dad (coach Holloway Cheah). This is so disappointing.”
Sharon said that it was heartbreaking to just miss the cut for the stepladder finals after having hauled herself back into contention.
“The Singaporean scored 227 and I only managed a 216. I was so close to making it,” she said.
Alex revived hopes of winning a medal when he scored 289 and 278 in the 14th and 15th games and needed 235 to make the step-ladder finals.
But he managed 216 for a total of 3,655 for fifth place.
Aaron Kong came in 13th on 3,335.
Although Alex failed to add another medal to his collection in the Guangzhou Games, he was happy with the overall achievements of the men’s team.
“There is renewed respect for us now that we have finally stepped out of the shadows of the women,” he said.
Alex won two gold medals – in the doubles with Adrian Ang and in the All-Events. He helped the team to the silver medal. The Malaysian women have only a bronze to show from the team event.
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The Malaysian team had hoped to meet the three-gold medal target through either the women’s or men’s Masters events yesterday but, instead, they had to settle being the second best country in the overall standings with a haul of 2-1-1.
South Korea emerged tops, winning eight of the 12 gold medals at stake. The Koreans closed with victories in both the men’s and women’s Masters through Choi Bok-eum and Hwang Sun-ok respectively.
Esther had the best chance to strike it right yesterday.
She went into the final eight games in second position but gradually fell out of medal contention. Esther had lines of 200-210-190-195-192-197-209-208 to finish fifth on 3,439.
A more consistent Sharon caught up and was in bronze medal position in the 15th game with a high game of 256 pins. But she ended up in fourth place on 3,464 – just two behind Singapore’s Cherie Tan.
A frustrated Esther said that there were “a thousand” reasons for her tears.
“It was so frustrating to bowl without enjoying any high game. I tried to stay cool and confident but the corner pins just refuse to fall,” she said.
“I wanted so badly to give our women’s team a big lift here and also hand a birthday gift to my dad (coach Holloway Cheah). This is so disappointing.”
Sharon said that it was heartbreaking to just miss the cut for the stepladder finals after having hauled herself back into contention.
“The Singaporean scored 227 and I only managed a 216. I was so close to making it,” she said.
Alex revived hopes of winning a medal when he scored 289 and 278 in the 14th and 15th games and needed 235 to make the step-ladder finals.
But he managed 216 for a total of 3,655 for fifth place.
Aaron Kong came in 13th on 3,335.
Although Alex failed to add another medal to his collection in the Guangzhou Games, he was happy with the overall achievements of the men’s team.
“There is renewed respect for us now that we have finally stepped out of the shadows of the women,” he said.
Alex won two gold medals – in the doubles with Adrian Ang and in the All-Events. He helped the team to the silver medal. The Malaysian women have only a bronze to show from the team event.
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