Gillian and Dini storm back from ninth to clinch doubles title


Bowling them over: (from left) Gillian Lim, Nur Aina Kamalia, Najwa Nazirah and Puteri Nurul Dini Mohd Faudzi celebrating Malaysia’s 1-2 finish in the girls’ doubles event at the Asian Schools Tenpin Bowling Championships.

PETALING JAYA: Gillian Lim and Puteri Nurul Dini Mohd Faudzi staged a remarkable comeback to clinch the girls’ doubles title for Malaysia’s 40th gold in the Asian Schools Tenpin Bowling Championships.

Trailing by 117 pins after the fourth round, the new combination made a late charge by posting a combined 510 and 474 in their fifth and sixth games for a 12-game total of 2,470 pinfalls to storm from ninth place to emerge champions at the Megalanes Sarawak in Kuching yesterday.

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