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Tan & Lim and Liu & Cheng take Golds for SIN at Doha

27
Feb 2000
Great Singaporean celebrations at the Doha Asian Games in the State of Qatar on Thursday night.
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Great Singaporean celebrations at the Doha Asian Games in the State of Qatar on Thursday night.

The men's 420 was close throughout the competition with the Singapore crew of Justin Liu and Shermon Cheng taking their first Asian Games gold medals. Shingen Furuya and Shibuki Iitsuka took silver for Japan while Nay La Kyaw and Min Min of Malaysia cruised into the bronze position, eight points behind Japan.

Singapore duo Sarah Tan and Tze Ting Lim dominated the women's 420 bringing home 11 firsts out of 12 races. Their gold medal was certain after race 10 as they had established a significant lead.