Malaysia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	MAS
NOC	Olympic Council of Malaysia
Website	www.olympic.org.my  (in English)
in Nanjing
Competitors	20 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Lim Ching Hwang (Opening)
Medals Ranked 64th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Malaysia competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 to 28 August 2014.

On 22 August 2014, Cheam June Wei became the first Malaysian to win a Youth Olympic gold medal when he won the badminton mixed doubles gold with Hong Kong's Ng Tsz Yau as his partner. ^[1] Also, National men archer Mohd Zarif Syahiir won silver in archery mixed team medal with Germany's Cynthia Freywald at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. ^[2] However both gold and silver 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. National woman diver Loh Zhiayi won a silver and bronze medal in the 10m platform individual event and women's 3m springboard event at the Youth Olympic Games 2014. ^{[3] [4]}

Medalists

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	Cheam June Wei	Badminton	Mixed doubles	22 August
Silver	Loh Zhiayi	Diving	Girls' 10 metre platform	23 August
Silver	Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkepeli	Archery	Mixed team	24 August
Bronze	Loh Zhiayi	Diving	Girls' 3 metre springboard	25 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia qualified a male archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships. ^[5]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkepeli	Boys' individual	654	17 Q	Boris Balaz  (SVK) W6–2 (28–26, 28–26, 25–30, 29–25)	Lee Woo-seok  (KOR) L 0–6 (25–29, 26–28, 23–29)	did not advance			=9

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Muhamad Zarif Syahiir Zolkepeli  (MAS)   Cynthia Freywald  (GER)	Mixed team	1284	15 Q	Luis Tapia  (MEX)   Rosangel Sainz  (CUB) W 5–3 (38–37, 33–38, 38–33, 36–36)	Andreas Mayr  (GER)   Lucy Tatafu  (TGA) W 5–4 (36–39, 37–33, 38–36, 36–38, T19–T17)	Bradley Denny  (GBR)   Miasa Koike  (JPN) W 5–4 (36–38, 33–32, 36–35, 28–35, T19–T17)	Rick Martens  (BEL)   Regina Romero  (GUA) W 6–2 (36–34, 33–34, 34–32, 36–33)	Luis Gabriel Moreno  (PHI)   Li Jiaman  (CHN) L 0–6 (37–38, 35–38, 33–37)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia qualified three athletes. ^[6]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Track event

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mohd Rizzua Muhamad	110 m hurdles	DSQqC		13.90	12

Field event

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Norshafiee Mohd Shah	High jump	2.03	12 qB	2.02	13

Girls

Field event

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Kirthana Ramasamy	Triple jump	12.49	6 Q	12.64	5

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia qualified two athletes based on 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings. ^{[7] [8]}

On 22 August 2014, Cheam June Wei won the mixed doubles gold medal with Hong Kong's Ng Tsz Yau as his partner. They defeated Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan and Lee Chia-hsin of Taiwan in the finals which lasted 30 minutes. The gold however, was not credited to Malaysia or Hong Kong in the overall medal tally as it was a mixed-NOCs event in which athletes from different nations team up to compete under the Olympic flag.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Cheam June Wei	Boys' singles	D Dhami  (NEP) W2–0 (21–13, 21–11)	M Narongrit  (THA) W2–0 (21–14, 21–15)	M A Kurt  (TUR) W2–0 (21–14, 21–6)	1 Q	A Joshi  (IND) L1–2 (22–20, 18–21, 12–21)	Did not advance		=5
Lee Ying Ying	Girls' singles	L Janine  (AUT) W2–0 (21–13, 21–6)	K Beton  (SLO) W2–0 (21–14, 21–10)	He BJ  (CHN) L0–2 (18–21, 14–21)	2	Did not advance			=9

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Cheam June Wei  (MAS)   Ng Tsz Yau  (HKG)	Mixed doubles	W Gnedt  (AUT)   S Solis  (MEX) W2–0 (21–12, 21–9)	T Citron  (FRA)   D Macias  (PER) W2–0 (21–9, 21–8)	Lin GP  (CHN)   Kim G-e  (KOR) W2–0 (22–20, 21–19)	1 Q	Lu C-h  (TPE)   Lee Y Y  (MAS) W2–0 (21–16, 21–19)	M Narongrit  (THA)   Qin JJ  (CHN) W2–0 (21–12, 21–9)	K Tsuneyama  (JPN)   Lee C-h  (TPE) W2–0 (21–14, 23–21)
Lu Chia-hung  (TPE)   Lee Ying Ying  (MAS)		Pham C C  (VIE)   A Demirbag  (TUR) W2–1 (19–21, 21–9, 21–17)	D Petrovic  (SRB)   Liang XY  (SIN) W2–1 (21–18, 7–21, 21–7)	L R Garrido  (MEX)   K Kuuba  (EST) W2–0 (21–17, 21–18)	1 Q	Cheam J W  (MAS)   Ng T Y  (HKG) L 0–2 (16–21, 19–21)	Did not advance		=5

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia qualified two quotas based on its performance at the Nanjing 2014 Diving Qualifying Event. ^[9]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Loh Zhiayi	Girls' 3 m springboard	429.40	3 Q	446.70
	10 m platform	449.35	2 Q	450.65
Loh Zhiayi  (MAS)   Alexis Jandard  (FRA)	Mixed team	—		318.20	7

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia qualified a rider. ^[10]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Praveen Nair Mathavan	Arkansas	Individual jumping	8	=16	4	=5	12	=10
Australasia   Jake Hunter  (AUS)   Lennard Chiang  (HKG)   Sarrd Kalantari  (IRI)   Praveen Nair Mathavan  (MAS)   Emily Fraser  (NZL)	For The Star DJ Cristallo Arkansas Exilio	Team jumping	12	=4	8	5	20	5

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia qualified two athletes based on 8 June 2014 IGF World Amateur Golf Rankings. ^[11]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Low Khai Jei	Boys	71	15	74	18	73	16	218	18
Kan Kah Yan	Girls	79	26	74	12	76	18	229	22

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Foursome)		Round 2 (Fourball)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Boy	Girl	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Low Khai Jei Kan Kah Yan	Mixed	69	=17	76	23	71	77	148	19	293	22

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

Malaysia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships. ^[12]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F Rank	PH Rank	R Rank	V Rank	PB Rank	HB Rank
Jeremiah Loo Phay Xing	Qualification	13.150 18	13.500 9 Q	11.500 30	12.800 DNF	13.575 6 Q	12.500 20	77.025	16 Q
	Individual all-around	12.950 17	12.300 15	11.625 17	13.000 17	12.650 15	12.000 15	74.525	18
	Pommel horse	—	12.866 8	—				12.866	8
	Parallel bars	—				13.366 7	—	13.366	7

Rhythmic

Malaysia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Asian Rhythmic Championships. ^[12]

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
Olivia Tai Qing Tong	Individual all-around	13.500 7	11.850 13	12.800 9	12.075 13	50.225	10	did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia qualified two boats based on its performance at the Byte CII Asian Continental Qualifier. ^[13]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Asri Azman	Boys' Byte CII	31 DSQ	1	31 DNE	7	2	8	10	Cancelled			1	60	8
Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif	Girls' Byte CII	13	13	16	11	5	5	5	Cancelled			8	60	6

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia was given a wild card to compete. ^[14]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Abdul Hadi Abd Malek	Boys' 10 m air pistol	558	12	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Abdul Hadi Abd Malek  (MAS)   Alejandra Cervantes Rodriguez  (MEX)	Mixed teams' 10 m air pistol	735	17	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia qualified four swimmers. ^[15]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lim Ching Hwang	50 m freestyle	24.26	28	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	51.64	19	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:51.49	10	—		did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	30.63	34	did not advance
Welson Sim	200 m freestyle	1:51.99	13	—		did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:55.72	11	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	—				8:15.84	15

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angela Chieng	400 m freestyle	4:26.11	21	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	—				9:00.61	17
Yap Siew Hui	50 m butterfly	28.50	22	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:02.96	19	did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Malaysia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament. ^[16]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mohana Mariappen	−63 kg	Bye	Yopasa Gomez  (COL) L 1 – 15(PTG)	did not advance		5

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