Gold Continues To Elude Malaysia At Asian Indoor Games

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Bernama) -- Gold continued to elude Malaysia as the 2nd Asian Indoor Games in Macau entered its third day yesterday.Malaysia's medal tally currently stands at two silvers and a bronze.According to the Games' official website, Zatil Iman Abdul Ghani clinched a silver in bowling on Sunday through women's singles while the second silver came from Fariq Mohamed Esa in BMX freestyle (inline stunt).On Saturday, Ahmad Fadzil Musa secured a bronze in skateboarding for the park best technical category.A total of 19 countries are participating in the Games.China led the medal tally with 18 golds, 10 silvers and nine bronzes, followed by Thailand (five golds, nine silvers and nine bronzes) and Japan (five golds, three silvers and seven bronzes).Malaysia, with 132 athletes, ranked 12th in the medal tally of the biennial Games which began from Oct 26 to Nov 3.The contingent, led by Olympic Council of Malaysia vice-president Datuk Roy Rajasingham, are taking part in 11 events -- bowling, chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), dance sports, dragon and lion dances, extreme sports, futsal, indoor cycling, indoor hockey, kabaddi and three-on-three basketball.-- BERNAMA