Om Sreypenh through to the Girls’ -51kg 16-17 semi-finals
It was only silver lining for the Kingdom in the Muay competition at the Asian Youth Games in Bahrain. Both Visal Chhong and Om Sreypenh were denied at the final hurdle by their opponents.
Visal Chhong had to settle for the silver in the boys’ -54kg combat 16-17 after being beaten 27-30 by Muzzafar Nurkhujaev of Uzbekistan. Visal was outpointed 10-9, 10-9, 10-9 in each of the three rounds.
It was the first silver for the Kingdom in Bahrain.
Cambodia had won a bronze in in the pencak silat competition, earlier this week and from Thon Chanthou in Muay.
Om Sreypenh was later denied the gold in the girls’ -51kg combat 16-17. She lost 30-27 to Albina Zhuminova of Kazakhstan. Like Visal, Om Sreypenh also lost all three rounds by 10-9 margins.
TABLE TENNIS
Huon Muy Yi crashed to a 1-11, 2-11, 6-11 defeat at the hands of Su Tsz Tung of Hong Kong in her opening girls’ singles Group B tie.
In the girls’ singles Group L match-up Ngo Sokun could not match the intensity of Lin Wan-rong of Chinese Taipei, losing 8-11, 3-11, 3-11.
To Kim Joe was beaten 3-11, 2-11, 3-11 in his boys singles Group R match by Singapore’s Luck Benaiah Sheh Shih.
Lamkimna Sisuchhada-Huon Muy Yi are through to the mixed doubles second round after a 11-7, 11-6,11-9 win over a fighting Abdulrahman Yahya Saleh Shabil-Raghad Gamil Mohammed Noa Ahmed of Yemen in their opening match.
Also making it to the second round is the pairing of To Kim Joe-Ngo Sokun Thyda, who beat Nihal Abdulrahman G Al Qahtani-Abdulrahman Saleh A Al Taher of Saudi Arabia 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-9 in their first round mixed doubles tie.
TAEKWONDO
In the boys -55kg Kea Sokthea succumbed to a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Mohammed Ali H Al Mohamed Saleh of Saudi Arabia in the opening round.
WEIGHTLIFTING
In the boys 56kg weighlifting competition, Roeun Rady was drawn in Group B, but failed to impress. He missed to lift his first attempt of 50kg in the snatch but came back to make the cut in his second attempt. He managed to improve it by another kg in his next attempt.
In the clean and jerk, he managed 70kg in his first attempt and followed it up with 75kg in the second. He failed at 82kg in his third attempt for a total of 126.
