Sports & Fitness

SEA Games: Cheong Min first Malaysian with double golden glory

Wushu champion conquers women’s taolu finals in Cambodia today

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 12 May 2023 2:48PM

SEA Games: Cheong Min first Malaysian with double golden glory
National wushu athlete Tan Cheong Min performs in the women’s taolu (nandao+nangun) finals today, clinching the gold medal. – Bernama, May 12, 2023 

PHNOM PENH – National wushu champion Tan Cheong Min has emerged as the first Malaysian to clinch two gold medals at 2023 SEA Games after conquering the women’s taolu (nandao+nangun) event final here today. 

In the final discipline of nandao held at Chroy Changvar Convention Centre, Cheong Min collected 9.65 points for an overall total of 19.16 points and confirmed her success to deliver the second gold medal. 

The silver went to Vietnam’s Phan Thi Tu Binh who amassed 18.413 points while Aye Thitsar Myint of Myanmar earned 18.303 points for the bronze. 

Earlier, Cheong Min who was the 2019 world champion in nandao, raked in the gold in the women’s nanquan for the first gold medal of the national wushu camp at the 2023 SEA Games apart from contributing a bronze in the women’s nandao event on Wednesday. – Bernama, May 12, 2023 

Related News

Sports & Fitness / 4mth

Basketball: 2015 & 2017 SEA Games Gold medalists rewarded with condo units

Sports & Fitness / 5mth

MABA targets one gold at the 2027 SEA Games

Sports & Fitness / 7mth

Pearly-Thinaah are SEA Games champions

Sports & Fitness / 1y

SEA Games 2025 medal target to focus on overall count, not colour - Hannah

Sports & Fitness / 1y

A condo each for a basketball SEA Games gold medal

Malaysia / 1y

Funds to co-host 2027 SEA Games could be better utilised, says Sabah Umno

Spotlight

Malaysia

MOH: Medicine at public hospitals, clinics sufficient for next three months

World

7.1-magnitude earthquake hits Japan’s Kyushu island

Malaysia

Newborn baby girl found abandoned in cloth bag at Besut mosque

Malaysia

Police to question Kedah MB, UMNO figure over controversial Negeri campaign remarks

Malaysia

PRNNS: EC expects 75 per cent voter turnout this Saturday

Malaysia

Sanusi takes legal action against PH Selangor election director over alleged defamatory remarks

By Alfian Z.M. Tahir

Education

Form Six to remain under Ministry of Education – Anwar

Malaysia

Penang CM pays last respects to teenager who fell from Komtar

By Ian McIntyre

You may be interested

Sports & Fitness

Petronas clarifies Sepang ownership and ticketing role as Formula 1 returns to Malaysia