Juniors bag five gold medals

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah juniors shined at the recent National Junior Circuit Artistic Gymnastic Championship which was held in Bukit Jalil from March 27-29.

Despite sending only a small team with two boys from Kota Kinabalu and seven girls from Sandakan, they grabbed five golds, four silvers and five bronzes.

Michelle Elfena Willfrad competing in the girls' 9-12 category was the toast of the team with her two gold medals in the uneven bars and individual overall as well as a silver in the vault and bronze in the floor excercise. Teammate Janniesia Jiniol also took home a gold medal in the vault event and three silvers in the uneven bars, balance beam and the individual overall in the same category.

Sabah clinched the gold medal in the girls 7 & 8 category's team event with their line-up of Tan Mui Kun, Widiah Abd Bakar, Nur Izzreen Dayana and Hani Dylaila Afiqa Suherdy. Tan Mui Kun also took two bronze in the uneven bars and individual overall while Widiah contributed a bronze in the individual overall.

The boys team took home one gold and two silvers with the gold coming from Silvestre Ronaldo Jr. Sunny in the boys' 11 &12 category and he also finsihed second in the individual overall event for a silver while Allan Leong Wei Kin won a bronze in the individual overall.

The team was led by team manager Liew Tong Ee who was also the coach as well as judge in the championship.

He said other officials in the team were Zamri Din who was one of the judges and Loy Billy who was the boys' coach.

He also expressed his gratitude to the Sabah Sports Council and the Sabah Gymnastic Association for their support to the team.

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Juniors bag five gold medals