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Rachel brings much-needed cheer with gold medal in uneven bars

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The 23-year-old also won bronze in the individual all-around yesterday.

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Rachel Yeoh Li Wen in action at the 31st SEA Games in Hanoi today. (Bernama pic)

HANOI:
National artistic gymnast Rachel Yeoh Li Wen put on a mesmerising performance to win the gold medal in the women’s uneven bars at the 31st SEA Games today.

The 23-year-old’s outstanding achievement at Quan Ngua Gymnasium Centre came after she won Malaysia’s first gymnastics medal with a bronze (scoring 48.550 points) in the individual all-around yesterday.

In today’s competition, Rachel performed a consistent routine to impress the jury when she scored 13.000 points to beat Vietnam’s Pham Nhu Phuong (12.457 points) while the bronze medal went to Singaporean Nadine Joy Nathan (12.433 points).

Meanwhile, national men’s gymnasts Tan Fu Jie and Muhammad Sharul Aimy each won silver and bronze medals in the saddle truss event after scoring 14.200 and 12.500 points respectively.

Vietnamese Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien dominated the event with 14.400 points.

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