Terrific trio Mandy, Sydney, Ying Ting strike first gold for M'sian wushu

Wushu darlings: (from left) Sydney Chin, Mandy Cebelle Chen and Lo Ying Ting with their gold medals from the women's duilian barehands event at the SEA Games. — GLENN GUAN/The Star

BANGKOK: Malaysian wushu won their first SEA Games gold as Mandy Cebelle Chen, Sydney Chin and Loh Ying Ting came out top in the women’s duilian barehands event at the Chaeng Wattana Government Complex.

The trio scored 9.633 to finish ahead of Indonesia (9.620) and the Philippines (9.590) on Saturday (Nov 13).

The wushu competition began today, with 10 gold medals at stake in the taolu discipline.