KUALA LUMPUR – The national taekwondo squad performed well at the Canada Open, clinching one gold, one silver and one bronze in the poomsae discipline, early this morning.
Malaysia’s first gold at the tournament was delivered by the men’s team poomsae squad, consisting of Jason Loo Jun Wei, Ken Haw Chin and Randy Owen Augustine Linggi, after scoring 8,449 points, leaving the United States in second place with 8,183 points, while hosts Canada took bronze (8,049).
In the meantime, the national women’s team poomsae squad had to settle for silver.
Although the team managed to score 8,199 points, equal to gold-medal winners Mexico, the women’s squad, consisting of Nur Humaira Abdul Karim, Wong Zin and Seah Jin Ying, had to concede after being separated by 0.5 points for the performance score, which was taken into account to determine the champion. Canada won bronze.
Meanwhile, in the mixed-pairs poomsae, Malaysia won bronze through Randy Owen-Jin Ying, with 8,282 points.
The gold medal went to the hosts’ team of Ivan Leung-Cheuk Holly Hoi Ling, after securing 8,582 points, while silver was won by the US’ Ryan Real-Kryn Real (8,366). – February 10, 2024