Swift Delivery

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By Jason Cai

Team Singapore’s highly fancied paddlers delivered gold in style on Day 4 (15 Nov) of the SEA Games competition, winning both the women’s doubles and men’s doubles titles, while the men’s 4x100m relay team almost won gold.

Table Tennis

In the women’s doubles, the pair of Feng Tianwei and Sun Beibei were pushed in Jakarta but prevailed in the end against Thailand's Nanthana Komwong and Aisara Muangsuk. They won 3-2 (11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9). The men’s doubles final was an all-Singapore affair. Still, there was drama as the less experienced pair of Pang Xuejie and Ma Liang upset the more seasoned Gao Ning and Yang Zi 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8).

Athletics & Silat

On the track, the men’s 4x100m relay team comprising Calvin Kang, Muhammad Amiruddin Jamal, Lee Cheng Wei and Gary Yeo retained their SEA Games silver at the Jakabaring Athletics Stadium in Palembang. They clocked 39.91secs to finish behind the Indonesians who had clocked the same time but were awarded the gold. In silat, held in Jakarta, Singapore won two bronzes in the men’s events, courtesy of Mohd Saifullah Mohd Julaimi and Mohd Shakir Juanda.