Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Malaysia takes 3rd place at ISG



PALEMBANG :  Malaysia has proved itself as a sports powerhouse to the 46 countries participating in the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) after snatching third place at the Jakabaring Sports Complex Monday.

Malaysia overcame its main challenger, Turkey, when it collected 26 gold medals on the eighth day of the tournament and Turkey take ranked fourth after collecting 21 gold medals only on the last day.

The host, Indonesia continued to lead with 34 gold medals while Egypt remained in second place with a collection of 26 gold medals.

The badminton squad nearly made a clean sweep of gold medals today, through the singles men, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.

Wushu collected two gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze.

Meanwhile, the remaining two gold medals were collected through archery and taekwondo.

source : BERNAMA

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