Commonwealth Games: Singapore gymnast wins bronze in men's vault
Singapore won a bronze in the men's individual vault final at the Commonwealth Games. Hoe Wah Toon finished third out of eight competitors with a score of 14.195.
His team mate Aizat Muhammad Jufrie finished 6th with a score of 14.016.
Commonwealth Games: Medals galore for Singapore paddlers
It was a clean sweep for Singapore's paddlers in the table tennis women's singles tournament at the Commonwealth Games.
"To win all three medals is not easy," insisted their coach Jing Junhong. "Our two younger players Lin and Yu have raised their game to another level during the course of the competition. And Feng Tianwei has been an inspiration to the younger players. Next we will compete at the Asian Games, where the competition will be stronger. But this is definitely a good morale booster."
Singapore's male paddlers had a fruitful day as well, securing both the gold and bronze medals in the doubles competition.
But Singapore's control over the sport at Commonwealth Games level was not absolute after 15-year-old Tin-Tin Ho and partner Liam Pitchford of England earned a remarkable win over Feng and Zhan Jian in the mixed doubles by a 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 6-11, 11-5 scoreline.
With Ho and Pitchford playing Joanna and Paul Drinkhall in the final, England are guaranteed the gold and silver medals putting an end to Singapore's stranglehold.
Singapore top seeds Gao and Zhan both safely made it through to Saturday's semi-finals of the men's singles where they will now play Pitchford of England and Kamal of India respectively on the final day of competition at the Scotstoun Sports Campus.
Australian table tennis veteran William Henzell has hit out at the Singapore team. The 32-year-old lost 15-7 11-6 9-11 11-7 11-6 to Singapore's Ning Gao in his quarter-final match on Friday.
But Henzell said Singapore had brought a "professional team" to Glasgow that was largely made up of Chinese-born players.
"I don't think what Singapore does is in the spirit of the Games," Henzell said.
He said Singapore only had two "token" Singaporeans in their team - Clarence Chew and Isabelle Li - while the rest were Chinese-born.
"They decided it was much easier and quicker to buy a team rather than produce a team," he said.
A spokesperson for the Singaporean table tennis team declined to comment.
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