Malaysia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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Sporting event delegation
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[edit]
Satellite television company Astro broadcast the sporting event in Malaysia.[6]
Medalists[edit]
Medals awarded to participants of Mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not included towards the individual NOC medal tally.
- Medalists in mixed NOCs events
Athletics[edit]
- Track event
Badminton[edit]
Malaysia qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[7]
- Singles
- Mixed Teams
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank | |||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
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Goh Jin Wei (Epsilon) |
Mixed teams | Alpha (MIX)
L 98–110 |
Zeta (MIX)
L 89–110 |
Delta (MIX)
W 110–108 |
4 Q | Omega (MIX)
L 102–110 |
Did not advance | =5 |
Field hockey[edit]
Malaysia qualified one event based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[8]
- Preliminary round
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host
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- Quarterfinals
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- Semifinals
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- Gold medal game
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Gymnastics[edit]
Artistic[edit]
Malaysia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[9]
- Girls
Rhythmic[edit]
Malaysia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[9]
- Individual
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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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[edit]
Swimming[edit]
- Boys
Table tennis[edit]
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 | |||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
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Javen Choong | Boys’ singles | Ahmadian (IRI)
L 2–4 |
Stankevicius (LTU)
W 4–3 |
Thakkar (IND)
L 2–4 |
3 | Did not advance | =17 | |||
Alice Li Sian Chang | Girls’ singles | Schreiner (GER)
L 1–4 |
Laurenti (ITA)
L 0–4 |
Diaz (PUR)
L 1–4 |
4 | Did not advance | =25 |
- Mixed International Team
Triathlon[edit]
Malaysia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[12]
- Boys
References[edit]
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