Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI ended their campaign at the 16th World Wushu Championships in Texas, USA by adding a silver medal to their tally on Tuesday morning (Brunei time). The pair of Abel Lim and Majdurano Joel Majallah Sain finished runners-up in the men's duilian event at the Fort Worth Convention Centre.…
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Bronze for Basma at World Wushu Championships
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL wushu athlete Basma Lachkar continued to shine on the international stage. This time at the 16th World Wushu Championships in Texas, USA after she bagged the bronze medal in the women's taijiquan women on Sunday morning (Brunei time). Basma tallied 9.770 to take third place in the 13-contestant…
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Adi Salihin narrowly misses out on podium
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN MOHAMMAD ADI Salihin Roslan narrowly missed out on a podium finish at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Tuesday. The three-time SEA Games gold medallist finished fourth in the men's nanquan and nangun all-round event after tallying a total of 19.429 points. Adi had placed sixth after…
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Basma dedicates Asian Games silver medal to late mother
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL wushu athlete Basma Lachkar dedicated her history-making silver medal at the 19th Asian Games to her late mother. The 20-year-old placed second in the women's taijiquan and taijijian all-round event at the Guali Cultural & Sports Centre on Sunday. She had lost her mother, Hajah Rosnah binti Awg…
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Basma bags historic Asian Games silver medal for Brunei
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BASMA Lachkar made history as she became the first Brunei athlete to win a silver medal at the Asian Games on Sunday. Brunei first participated in the Asian Games back in 1990 and have a total haul of four bronze medals - three of them coming from karatedo and…
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Asian Games: Basma grateful to be Brunei’s flag-bearer
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL wushu athlete Basma Lachkar has been selected as one of two flag-bearers to lead Brunei out at the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Saturday. Participating nations will have two flag-bearers - one male and one female - and she is joined by…
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Brunei junior duilian team win gold
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national junior wushu team struck gold to close out their campaign at the 11th Asian Junior Wushu Championships in Macau. The duo of Walid Lachkar and Abel Lim tallied a total of 8.826 points to defeat six countries and finish top of the podium in the boy's duilian…
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Brunei junior wushu team add three bronze medals
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national junior wushu team added three more bronze medals on the second day of the 11th Asian Junior Wushu Championships in Macau on Saturday. Walid Lachkar tallied 8.903 points to take third place in the boy's Changquan A event. Featuring a field of 16 competitors, Chen Yun Chieh…
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Basma wins silver at World University Games
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BASMA Lachkar added another medal to her cabinet after taking second place in the women's taijijian event at the World University Games. She tallied a total of 9.680 points to home silver at the Chengbei Gymnasium in Chengdu, China. Chen Xiaoli of China won the gold with 9.746 points…
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Hosea Wong strikes second gold for Brunei
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THIRD time's the charm for Hosea Wong Zheng Yu. The national wushu athlete captured Brunei's second gold medal at the 32nd SEA Games after winning the men's taijiquan + taijijian event on Friday. He had won silver in the taijiquan event and bronze in the taijijian event in 2019…
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