Borneo Games: Sarawak bags 7 golds, 6 silver, 6 bronze by noon on opening day

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By Shikin Louis

KUCHING, Sept 25: Sarawak athletes delivered an impressive start to the Borneo Games by collecting a total of seven gold, six silver and six bronze medals as of 12.30pm today.

In athletics, Sarawak secured two gold medals in the morning session, with Dylan Leo Saran Stephen sprinting to victory in the Men’s 100m and Evelyne Tan Xie Yie soaring to gold in the Women’s pole vault.

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Silver medals came from Jonathan Nyepa (Men’s 100m), Danial Hakim Mohammed Omar (Men’s 1,500m) and Ormilla Octavia Codday Nyadau (Women’s 100m), while bronze went to Alvinia Aivie Jackly (Women’s 100m), Clezendra Chanda Cevester Empari (Women’s 1,500m) and Vera Then Xin Ern (Women’s pole vault).

Meanwhile, Sarawak’s archers made a clean sweep in five events. Mohd Zullhannizam Mohamad Ali Bohan (Men’s Barebow 50m), Jaccard Lee (Men’s Compound 50m), Cecil Nathanael Busu Polycap (Men’s Recurve 70m), Suryani Effendi (Women’s Barebow 50m) and Sabrina Chin Ryu Sin (Women’s Recurve 70m) each struck gold.

The team also secured three silvers through Zhorif Fahim Fadhillah (Men’s Compound 50m), Nurul Qistina Kamaruzaman (Women’s Barebow 50m) and Aira Nadirah Aizuddin (Women’s Compound 50m).

Bronze medals went to Liew Yu Jie (Men’s Recurve 70m), Jalimawati Razali (Women’s Barebow 50m) and Konny Wong Su Yee (Women’s Recurve 70m).

The full athletics results as of 12.30pm are as follows:

Men’s 100m

1. Dylan Leo Saran Stephen (Sarawak)
2. Jonathan Nyepa (Sarawak)
3. Dexter Bedie (Sabah)

Women’s 100m

1. Nur Aishah Rofina Aling (Sabah)
2. Ormilla Octavia Codday Nyadau (Sarawak)
3. Alvinia Aivie Jackly (Sarawak)

Women’s Pole Vault

1. Evelyne Tan Xie Yie (Sarawak)
2. Samantha Mae Godfrey Binting (Sabah)
3. Vera Then Xin Ern (Sarawak)

Men’s 1,500m

1. Akbar Tanjung (East Kalimantan)
2. Danial Hakim Mohammed Omar (Sarawak)
3. Mohammad Arif Zulkifli (Brunei Darussalam)

Men’s High Jump

1. Farrell Glenn Felix Jurus (Sabah)
2. Mohamad Eizlan Dahalan (Sabah)
3. Reynolds JC Majin (Sabah)

Women’s 1,500m

1. Nefriana Ariance Daik (East Kalimantan)
2. Hizillawanty Jamain (Sabah)
3. Clezendra Chanda Cevester Empari (Sarawak)

The full archery results as of 12.30pm are as follows:

Women’s Compound 50m

1. Rohani Sephia Ananda Hatta (East Kalimantan)
2. Aira Nadirah Aizuddin (Sarawak)
3. Nola Abrillia (East Kalimantan)

Men’s Compound 50m

1. Jaccard Lee (Sarawak)
2. Zhorif Fahim Fadhillah (Sarawak)
3. Chong Yao Jet (Sabah)

Women’s Barebow 50m

1. Suryani Effendi (Sarawak)
2. Nurul Qistina Kamaruzaman (Sarawak)
3. Jalimawati Razali (Sarawak)

Men’s Barebow 50m

1. Mohd Zullhannizam Mohamad Ali Bohan (Sarawak)
2. Anuar Muhamad (Sabah)
3. Jimmy Zaini@Chew Hasbollah (Brunei Darussalam)

Women’s Recurve 70m

1. Sabrina Chin Ryu Sin (Sarawak)
2. Carolyn Chye Hui Yin (Sabah)
3. Konny Wong Su Yee (Sarawak)

Men’s Recurve 70m

1. Cecil Nathanael Busu Polycap (Sarawak)
2. Muhammad Rafa Abdillah (East Kalimantan)
3. Liew Yu Jie (Sarawak)

— DayakDaily