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Malaysia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Malaysia at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeMAS
NOCOlympic Council of Malaysia
Websitehttp://www.olympic.org.my/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors20 in 8 sports
Flag bearerGoh Jin Wei
Medals
Ranked 39th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Malaysia competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. The chef-de-mission of the contingent was former two-time Olympian archer Cheng Chu Sian.[1] Malaysia won its first gold medal at an Olympic event, having previously won silver and bronze medals.

Goh Jin Wei became the first athlete to win a Youth Olympic Games gold medal for Malaysia the second Malaysian to emerge victorious at the Youth Olympics since shuttler Cheam June Wei, who won mixed doubles gold under the Mixed-NOCs flag in 2014,[2] and The national men's junior hockey 5s squad claimed the second gold medal for the Malaysian contingent at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3] Meanwhile, National teen gymnast Rayna Hoh Khai Ling bagged a silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games through Mixed multi-discipline team in Gymnastics was not credited to the individual nation's medal tally as the event was a mixed-National Olympic Committees event in which athletes from different nations team up to compete under the Olympic flag.[4]

As squash contested as demonstration sports in the games, The national junior reckons squash's Chan Yiwen and Siow Yee Xian being named the ambassador for the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina and will be among 36 players from 27 nations who will get a chance to experience the sport's first taste of Olympic competition. They debuted at the Youth Olympics as an exhibition sport with no medals at stake will stand the sport in good stead as it bids to get into the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[5]

Media coverage

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Satellite television company Astro broadcast the sporting event in Malaysia.[6]

Medalists

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Medals awarded to participants of Mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not included towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold  Goh Jin Wei (MAS) Badminton Girls' singles 12 October
 Gold Malaysia's Men's Hockey 5s team
Field hockey Boys' Tournament 14 October
Medalists in mixed NOCs events
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver  Team Max Whitlock (MIX) Gymnastics Mixed multi-discipline team 10 October

Athletics

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Track event
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Muhammad Fakhrul Abdul Aziz 100 m 11.10 15 10.73 16 21.83 14

Badminton

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Malaysia qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[7]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Goh Jin Wei Girls' singles  Batari (INA)

W 2–0
(21–11, 21–15)
31 mins

 Pillai (SWE)

W 2–0
(21–15, 21–12)
28 mins

 Spoeri (GER)

W 2–1
(21–7, 18–21,21–9)
40 mins

1 Q  Vu Thi Anh Thu (VIE)

W 2–0
(21–12, 21–9)
26 mins

 Phittayaporn Chaiwan (THA)

W 2–1
(19–21, 21–15, 21–13)
61 mins

 Wang Zhiyi (CHN)

W 2–1
(16–21, 21–13, 21–19)
71 mins

1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed Teams
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Goh Jin Wei
(Epsilon)
Mixed teams  Alpha (MIX)

L 98–110
92 mins

 Zeta (MIX)

L 89–110
76 mins

 Delta (MIX)

W 110–108
457 mins

4 Q  Omega (MIX)

L 102–110
mins

Did not advance =5

Diving

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Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jellson Jabillin Boys' 10m platform 514.05 4 Q 513.25 4
Kimberly Bong Qian Ping Girls' 3m springboard 396.85 8 Q 427.10 6
Girls' 10m platform 371.50 4 Q 385.40 4
 Jellson Jabillin (MAS)
 Mélodie Leclerc (CAN)
Mixed Team 330.00 7
 Kimberly Bong Qian Ping (MAS)
 Nikolaos Molvalis (GRE)
347.10 4

Field hockey

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Malaysia qualified one event based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[8]

Boys' tournament

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Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
 Malaysia Boys' Tournament  Vanuatu

W 14–0

 Mexico

W 4–2

 Zambia

W 7–2

 Argentina

L 2–4

 Poland

W 4–3

2 Q  Austria

W 2–0

 Zambia

W 7–4

 India

W 4-2

1st place, gold medalist(s)
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (H) 5 5 0 0 36 6 +30 15 Quarterfinals
2  Malaysia 5 4 0 1 31 11 +20 12
3  Poland 5 2 0 3 29 17 +12 6
4  Zambia 5 2 0 3 29 23 +6 6
5  Mexico 5 2 0 3 19 20 −1 6 9th place game
6  Vanuatu 5 0 0 5 5 72 −67 0 11th place game
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
7 October 2018
10:15
Malaysia  14–0  Vanuatu
Anuar field hockey ball 3'7'8'14'15'20'20'
Azahar field hockey ball 7'13'
Mat field hockey ball 9'
Moharam field hockey ball 11'12'
Rosdi field hockey ball 18'
Ishak field hockey ball 18'
Report
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Nick Saunders (NZL)

8 October 2018
17:00
Malaysia  4–2  Mexico
Anuar field hockey ball 4'
Ishak field hockey ball 8'19'
Mat field hockey ball 19'
Report Villegas field hockey ball 14'
Estrada field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

9 October 2018
11:45
Zambia  2–7  Malaysia
Mulenga field hockey ball 2'3' Report Rosdi field hockey ball 3'
Anuar field hockey ball 6'10'12'20'
Azahar field hockey ball 9'
Mat field hockey ball 13'
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
James Unkles (AUS)

10 October 2018
17:00
Malaysia  2–4  Argentina
Rosdi field hockey ball 5'
Ishak field hockey ball 9'
Report Sarto field hockey ball 8'14'19'
Zarate field hockey ball 10'
Umpires:
James Unkles (AUS)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)

11 October 2018
10:15
Poland  3–4  Malaysia
Jarzyński field hockey ball 7'
E. Bembenek field hockey ball 7'
Nowkowski field hockey ball 11'
Report Anuar field hockey ball 1'16'17'
Azahar field hockey ball 3'
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
James Unkles (AUS)

Quarterfinals
12 October 2018
9:00
Malaysia  2–0  Austria
Anuar field hockey ball 11'19' Report
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)

Semifinals
13 October 2018
14:00
Malaysia  7–4  Zambia
Anuar field hockey ball 1'9'20'
Rosdi field hockey ball 4'7'
Moharam field hockey ball 12'
Mat field hockey ball 13'
Report Moyo field hockey ball 6'19'
Bwali field hockey ball 14'18'
Umpires:
Nick Saunders (NZL)
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)

Gold medal game
14 October 2018
15:00
India  2–4  Malaysia
Prasad field hockey ball 3'6' Report Rosdi field hockey ball 5'
Anuar field hockey ball 14'19'
Azahar field hockey ball 18'
Umpires:
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Malaysia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[9]

Girls
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
V
Rank
UB
Rank
BB
Rank
F
Rank
Zarith Imaan Khalid Qualification 12.100
29
10.100
27
11.300
19
11.366
24
44.866 26

Rhythmic

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Malaysia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[9]

Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop
Rank
Ball
Rank
Clubs
Rank
Ribbon
Rank
Total Rank Hoop
Rank
Ball
Rank
Clubs
Rank
Ribbon
Rank
Total Rank
Rayna Hoh Khai Ling Individual all-around 15.600
8
12.700
27
15.050
10
10.450
29
53.800 19 did not advance

Mixed Team

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Athlete Event Final
Rank
Rayna Hoh Khai Ling
(Team Max Whitlock)
Mixed multi-discipline team 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Zarith Imaan Khalid
(Team Nadia Comaneci)
9

Swimming

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Boys
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Arvin Chahal 400 m freestyle 4:06.11 30 did not advance
200m Individual Medley 2:08.56 17 did not advance
Low Zheng Yong 50m Butterfly 26.24 43 did not advance
100m Butterfly 57.21 39 did not advance
200m Butterfly 2:06.87 29 did not advance
200m Individual Medley 2:12.66 20 did not advance

Table tennis

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Malaysia qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Asia) series.[10] Later Malaysia qualified a female table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Oceania) series.[11]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Javen Choong Boys' singles  Ahmadian (IRI)

L 2–4
(11–8, 8–11, 6–11, 8–11, 11–6, 13–15)
39 mins

 Stankevicius (LTU)

W 4–3
(9–11, 7–11, 12–10, 9–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–6)
52 mins

 Thakkar (IND)

L 2–4
(6–11, 11–7,11–13, 4–11, 11–9, 5–11)
36 mins

3 Did not advance =17
Alice Li Sian Chang Girls' singles  Schreiner (GER)

L 1–4
(12–10, 5–11, 10–12, 11–13, 9–11)
50 mins

 Laurenti (ITA)

L 0–4
(3–11, 5–11, 7–11, 7–11)
27 mins

 Diaz (PUR)

L 1–4
(10–12, 11–6,5–11, 4–11, 6–11)
37 mins

4 Did not advance =25
Mixed International Team
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
 Javen Choong (MAS)
 Alice Li Sian Chang (MAS)
Mixed team  Brazil

L 1–2
1 hour 29 mins

 Europe-5 (MIX)

L 1–2
1 hour 29 mins

 Egypt

L 1–2
1 hour 29 mins

4 Did not advance =25

Triathlon

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Malaysia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[12]

Boys
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Chong Xian Hao Boys' 1:00:25 29
Chong Xian Hao
(Asia 2)
Mixed relay 1:36:49 1P 13

References

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  1. ^ "Youth Olympics:Singapore 2010 feat a tough act to follow". stadiumastro. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Jin Wei wins Malaysia's maiden Youth Olympics gold". stadiumastro. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Malaysia boys win Youth Olympics hockey gold". stadiumastro. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Teen gymnast Rayna Hoh wins silver at YOG". Malaymail. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Yiwen named squash ambassador". thestar. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games".
  7. ^ "BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games". FIH. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  9. ^ a b "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Manav Vikash Thakkar and Andrea Pavlovic add names to list". ITTF. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Last in Road to Buenos Aires places booked, surprise names emerge successful". ITTF. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  12. ^ "2018 Subic Bay ASTC Triathlon Asian YOG Qualifier". ITU. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.