Event Headlines:
* Sasha Christian of Singapore, Asian Women Wakeboard Champion,
takes top podium spot in Wakeboard Open event against tough competition.
* Kuwait participated for the first time in Malaysia, with a
7-strong contingent, taking home a win by Falah Adel Al-Falah in wakeboard
men novice.
* Former Formula 1 racer, Alex Yoong back in waterski competition
and wins Jump event with 31m with hardly any pre-event practices after a 13
year lay-off from waterskiing.
* Former British Junior Champion, Mark Simmons, wins Slalom Open
event.
* Malaysia's head coach, Phillipa Yoong wins Shortboard Open, second
in Jump and Slalom.
* Anakin Ali, 8, breaks his own Malaysian boys' Shortborad record
with a score of 1040 points in his second ever tournament in shortboard.
* Shamal Norman of Malaysia scores an impressive 21.25m winning jump
in novice jump event having just started jumping in March this year.
* Youngest competitor in rd 3 six year old Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah
rewrite Malaysian Girls' Shortboard record with 960 points.
* International Waterski & Wakeboard Asian Australasian Oceania
Confederation President, Paul Fong, announces that the IWWF AAO will
consider MWWF's bid for the 2011 IWWF Asian Waterski & Wakeboard
Championship.
* Putrajaya City's President, Tan Sri Samsudin Osman, graced the
presentation ceremony and gave away medals to winners.
* China's national shortboard coach and world's top 10 ranked
shortboard skier with 6,800 points to her credit, E Min, evaluated
Malaysia's junior shortboard skiers at rd 3 and offered support to coach
Malaysia's skiers.
Statistics of entries::
Singapore (SIN) - 17, Kuwait (KUW) - 7, Indonesia (INA) - 6, Great Britain
(GBR) - 4, France (FRA) - 5, Japan (JPN) - 1, Canada (CAN) - 2, Malaysia
(MAL) - 40.
Gold Medal winners:
Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah 6+ (MAL) in shortboard girls under 15, Yerikho Tobias
Sinaga 13+ (INA) in shortboard boys under 15, Phillipa Yoong (MAL) in
shortboard men & women open, Shamal Norman (MAL) in jump men & women novice,
Alex Yoong (MAL) in jump men & woen open, Kalya Kee (SIN) in wakeboard men &
women intermediate, Nadya Atalia Sinaga (INA) in wakeboard women novice,
Falah Adel Al-Falah (KUW) in wakeboard men novice, Styfany Foo (SIN) in
wakeboard women intermediate, Jeremy Chng Chee Kiang (SIN) in wakeboard men
intermediate, Nadiah Nasir 14+ (MAL) in slalom girls under 15, Shamal Norman
(MAL) in slalom boys under 15, Hadi Irfan Rahaizah (MAL) in slalom boys &
girls under 10, Mark Simmons (GBR) in slalom men & women open, Sasha
Christian (SIN) in wakeboard men & women open.
Gold medals table:
Malaysia - 7, Singapore - 4, Indonesia - 2, Kuwait - 1, Great Britain - 1.
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