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PARIS, National recurve archer Ariana Nur Diana Mohamad Zairi almost stunned 2022 world champion Chiara Rebagliati of Italy in the women’s individual 1/32 elimination round at the 2024 Paris Olympics, before losing 5-6 in the shoot-off. The 19-year-old debutant, started well to hit the bull’s eye in the first set to tie 27-27 , before winning the second 25-24 to lead 3-1 at the Invalides. As the competition got intense under the scorching Paris summer weather hitting 30 degrees Celsius this afternoon, the Italian started to score near perfect scores to win the next two sets 28-27, 29-27 to take

PARIS, National recurve archer Ariana Nur Diana Mohamad Zairi almost stunned 2022 world champion Chiara Rebagliati of Italy in the women’s individual 1/32 elimination round at the 2024 Paris Olympics, before losing 5-6 in the shoot-off. The 19-year-old debutant, started well to hit the bull’s eye in the first set to tie 27-27 , before winning the second 25-24 to lead 3-1 at the Invalides. As the competition got intense under the scorching Paris summer weather hitting 30 degrees Celsius this afternoon, the Italian started to score near perfect scores to win the next two sets 28-27, 29-27 to take

KOTA KINABALU,, Sabah will field 90 per cent young and new athletes in the fencing competition at the 21st Malaysia Games (SUKMA), which will be held in Sarawak next month. Sabah Fencing Association president, Datuk Alex Sham Ching Nam said that this decision is aimed at providing exposure to young local athletes from Sabah, with the goal of developing them into athletes who can represent the nation in the future. ‘We do not have any national athletes representing Sabah at SUKMA; we have many young talents compared to previous teams. Like babies growing up, we have big plans for them.

KOTA KINABALU,, Sabah will field 90 per cent young and new athletes in the fencing competition at the 21st Malaysia Games (SUKMA), which will be held in Sarawak next month. Sabah Fencing Association president, Datuk Alex Sham Ching Nam said that this decision is aimed at providing exposure to young local athletes from Sabah, with the goal of developing them into athletes who can represent the nation in the future. ‘We do not have any national athletes representing Sabah at SUKMA; we have many young talents compared to previous teams. Like babies growing up, we have big plans for them.

PARIS,, Malaysian professional women’s singles shuttler Goh Jin Wei challenge came to an early end at the 2024 Paris Olympics, after losing in her second match of Group H today. The 24-year-old had to concede defeat in a rubber set battle 17-21, 22-20, 21-23 to world number 17 Kim Ga Eun, following a 65-minute fight at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena here. Jin Wei, who recovered from losing the first set, managed to put up a strong fight to take the second set, 22-20 but narrowly lost the third set, 21-23 to the higher-ranked Korean player. She began her