Yeap upstages Wong again as Malaysia strike gold (Video)

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s Yeap Wai Kin upstaged compatriot Wong Weng Son again to clinch gold in the men's qiangshu (spear) event of the SEA Games wushu competition today.
Yeap and Wong scored another Malaysian one-two by grabbing the gold and the silver. Yeap scored 9.68 points to take the gold ahead of Wong, who finished with 9.65 points for the silver. Muhammad Daffa Golden Boy of Indonesia won the bronze.
The Malaysian wushu exponents pulled off a double win yesterday. They scored a one-two finish when Yeap stunned his teammate Wong Weng Son to bag the gold.
Malaysian wushu exponents started their SEA Games campaign in style, bagging three gold and three silver medals on the first day of the competition yesterday.
Malaysia had a chance to double the gold in the women's optional jianshu through Phoon Eyin, but Vietnam's Duong Thuy Vi retained her crown for a second successive time.
Duong, the 2013 World Champion and 2014 Asian Games gold medallist, claimed the gold with 9.67 points, followed by Phoon with a mere 0.04 points behind while Singapore's Fung Hui Xin took the bronze with 9.60 points.
Meanwhile, in the Women's Gunshu category, Vietnam's Hoang Thi Phuong Giang clinched the gold with 9.64 points while Malaysia's Loh Ying Ting and Indonesia's Felda Elvira Santoso took the silver and bronze with 9.63 and 9.62 points respectively.
A total of five gold medals were at stake in the wushu arena today.
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