Friday, November 6, 2009

Second GOLD from Pencak Silat !

Malaysian pencak silat athlete Shamsuddin Ahmad Saiful Lubis added a GOLD to the country's medal tally at the Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam on Friday. According to the event's official website, info.vaigoc2009.com, on Friday,Shamsuddin Ahmad Saiful Lubis won GOLD in the pencak silat Men's Single Tunggal event.

The Malaysian pencak silat squad has so far also contributed 5 bronze medals.

Men's Class B (>50kg to 55kg) - M Nasir Muhammad Faizul
Men's Class C (>55kg to 60kg) - Rahim Amir Ikram
Men's Class H (>80kg to 85kg) - Abdullah Azrul
Women's Class D (>60kg to 65kg) - Mohamed Nasir Siti Rahmah

and Women's Team Regu - Noor Marina, Siti Nur Eyisah and Suzy Sulaiman.

Malaysian Petanque athlete Abd Razak Mohamad Syafiq also added a bronze to the country's medal tally today in the event Men's Single.


Malaysia is currently in 13th spot in the medal tally, with 2 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze medals at the third Asian Indoor Games, which run until Nov. 8


Name Ahmad Saiful Lubis Shamsuddin
Country Malaysia
Date of Birth 19 DEC 1986

Height 172 cm

Sport Pencak Silat
Residence Kuala Lumpur

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