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HANGZHOU: With his parents, grandmother and fiancée in attendance at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Singapore’s Jowen Lim settled “unfinished business” and clinched silver in the men’s daoshu and gunshu all-round event on Wednesday (Sep 27).
Lim, who was one of Singapore’s two flagbearers at the meet, scored a combined total of 19.476 to finish behind China’s Chang Zhizhao (19.626). Indonesia’s Seraf Naro Siregar took third place with a total of 19.466.
“I’m just extremely happy. To be able to do it in front of my family … there’s my teammates’ parents as well and I have them to thank for supporting me and cheering me on,” he said.
Support also came from fiancée and fellow Wushu exponent Vera Tan. Tan finished eighth in the women’s taijiquan and taijijian all-round combined finals at the Hangzhou Games on Sunday.
“Before we go out for the competitions, we’ll support each other, and we’ll be together and then we’ll walk out before I enter the arena,” said Lim.
“Sharing … any competition experience with her is definitely a very special moment for us.”
This is Singapore’s second wushu medal at this Asian Games.
On Monday, Kimberly Ong won a bronze in the women’s changquan event, with Macao’s Li Yi taking gold and Hong Kong’s Liu Xuxu clinching silver.
And after missing out on an Asian Games medal by the finest of margins (0.01) five years ago, there would be no denying Lim this time round.
“There was some … unfinished business for myself because I was injured and I wasn’t able to show the judges the routine that I’ve been practising,” he said.
“This time round, I’m fit and I’m not injured. I’m just so happy to be able to show the judges the training I’ve done.”
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