Malaysian bowlers Siw Sing Hie and Siong Mui Hong target doubles gold at Deaflympics 2025 after singles elimination, having previously won gold together.
THE hopes of Siw Sing Hie and Siong Mui Hong of delivering the country’s first gold medal at the Deaflympics 2025 here were dashed after they both crashed out in the second round of the women’s singles tenpin bowling event today.
Sing Hie and Mui Hong knocked down 912 pins (six points) and 854 pins (three points) at the Higashiyamato Grandbowl to end their challenges in fourth and fifth positions out of six bowlers in Group C.
Ukraine’s Anzhelika Zhukova topped the group with 1,062 pinfalls (15 points), followed by Singapore’s Adelia Naomi Yokoyama (1,010 pinfalls, 12 points); and Ukraine’s Kateryna Kovalchuk (965 pinfalls, nine points).
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Mui Hong attributed their failure to record good scores to difficulties adapting to the lane conditions.
“We had a little difficulty due to the lane’s oily conditions. We tried to make some adjustments, but it was not meant to be.
“It’s okay, we’ll close the chapter on what happened today. We’ll look ahead to the doubles event, which is slated for Saturday (Nov 22).
“We used to bowl together in the Brazil Deaflympics and even won gold at the Jakarta DEAF SEA Games 2025 (in August),” she said through a sign language interpreter. – Bernama
