The 41st INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S GAME

The recently concluded International Children's Games in Reyjavik, Iceland was a success. It was held on 20-25 June. Over 900 athletes for 36 countries participated. And the brother of our blog mates Aidil & Shaz won a bronze! Congratulations again to your bro, Shaz!

Games like these are good training grounds for our young athletes and we must continue to support them anyway we can.



All in all, our region got a total of 30 medals --
12 Golds, 14 Silvers and 4 Bronzes.

Here they are:



Athletics

[Gold] Nurul Jannah Bte Mohd Zulkifli - Singapore (Longjump girls)
[Gold] Team Singapore (4 x 100m girls)
[Gold] Team Singapore (4 x 100m boys)
[Silver] Nuttapong Dara - Thailand (100m boys)
[Bronze] Sharir Mohd Anuar - Singapore (100m boys)

Badminton

[Gold] Team Thailand
[Gold] Prinyawat Thongnuam - Thailand (boys single)
[Silver] Pisit Poodchalat - Thailand (boys single)
[Bronze] Jiayi Koh - Singapore (boys single)
[Bronze] Team Singapore

Golf

[Silver] Ariya Jutanugarn - Thailand (girls)
[Silver] Korntawach Julamool - Thailand (boys)

Swimming

[Gold] Ketin Nuttapong - Thailand (200m Medley Boys)
[Gold] Bin Mohamed Kamal Dzulhaili - Singapore (100m Fly Boys)
[Gold] Chan Kelvin Wai How - Singapore (50m Breaststroke Boys)
[Gold] Team Thailand (4x100m Freestyle Boys)
[Gold] Ketin Nuttapong - Thailand (100m Breaststroke Boys)
[Gold] Hirunvichit Puttipong - Thailand (100m Backstroke Boys)
[Gold] Team Thailand (4x100m Medley Boys)
[Silver] Pang Sheng Jun - Singapore (200m Medley Boys)
[Silver] Hirunvichit Puttipong - Thailand (50m Backstroke Boys)
[Silver] Pang Sheng Jun - Singapore (50m Breaststroke Boys)
[Silver] Team Singapore (4x100m Freestyle Boys)
[Silver] Pang Sheng Jun - Singapore (100m Breaststroke Boys)
[Silver] Bin Mohamed Kamal Dzulhaili - Singapore (50m Fly Boys )
[Silver] Lim Amanda Xiang Qi - Singapore (100m Freestyle Girls)
[Silver] Lim CleBoyst Yong En - Singapore (50m Freestyle Boys)
[Silver] Sontana Punyawee - Thailand (400m Freestyle Boys)
[Silver] Team Singapore (4x100m Medley Boys)
[Bronze] Chan Kelvin Wai How - Singapore (100m Breaststroke Boys)




The 2008 Games will be held in San Francisco. The 2009 in Athens and the 2010 in Manama, Bahrain.

Cheers to our young atheletes! Cheers to ASEAN!


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