PETALING JAYA: Clement Ting delivered big cheers for Malaysia after striking a surprise gold in the men's gunshu (stick) event at the Wushu Taolu Asia Cup in Jilin, China on Sunday (July 6).
The 27-year-old won the final competition with 9.676 points as another Malaysian exponent Danish Aizad Firdaus Chua claimed the silver with 9.573 points.
It was the only gold medal won by Malaysia in the elite tournament, where participation is limited to the top eight finishers from the Asian Championships in Macau last year.
Clement had won bronze in the gunshu event at the Asian meet to qualify for the Asia Cup.
Earlier, Malaysia also claimed six silver and three bronze medals in the two-day competition.
The silver medals came from Tan Cheong Min (women's nangun), Pang Pui Yee (women's qiangshu), Si Shin Peng (men's qiangshu), Bryan Ti Kai Jie (men's nanquan), Lee Jia Rong (women's daoshu) and taijiquan pair (Sydney Chin-Wong Zi Hong).
The bronze medals were contributed by Pui Yee (women's jianshu), Shin Peng (men's jianshu) and Danish-Shin Peng-Bryan (men's duilian).
