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July 30, 2012 12:07 PM

OLYMPIC: Chef-De-Mission Praises Performances Of Shooting And Fencing Athletes

LONDON, July 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's chef-de-mission to the 30th Olympic Games here, Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid said although Malaysia are still chasing their first gold medal, the performance of several athletes who had competed in the final events of the Games had shown their personal best achievements.

He said it was still too early to evaluate the actual performance of the contingent as the games officially had only entered its third day today (Monday), and out of the five final events where Malaysian athletes were in action so far, two had shown some improvement.

"The two final events participated by Malaysian athletes, namely shooting and fencing, had shown better personal achievements," he told Bernama, here today.

Ahmad Sarji said the solitary national woman shooter, Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi succeeded in placing herself among 34 of the top 56 world shooters in the Women's 10m Air Rifle.

"This will raise her world ranking and prepare herself for subsequent championships," he said.

-- BERNAMA

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OLYMPIC: Chef-De-Mission Praises Performances Of Shooting And Fencing Athletes