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Somersaulting To 4-All-Around Titles

2019 Singapore Gymnastics National Championships


Singapore Sports School artistic and rhythmic gymnasts showed their versatility, flexibility and strength in multiple apparatus to emerge Individual All-Around champions at the 2019 Singapore Gymnastics National Championships.

Alumni Zeng Qiyan and Kaeson Lim Junyi took top honours in the Artistic Gymnastics competition – Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) Senior category, while student-athletes Sophia Ho Jin Wen and Avryl Tan Ying were top in the Rhythmic Gymnastics FIG Junior and Senior categories respectively.

Sports School’s post-secondary rhythmic gymnasts swept all but one medal in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Senior division. Avryl led the medal charge in the Individual All-Around (IAA) event with Leah Chew and Alicia Lim Qian Hui in second and third. They won multiple medals in the individual apparatus components.

Secondary 1 student-athlete Sophia performed well in the individual apparatus, collecting 2 gold and 1 silver medals to give her the IAA title. Secondary 2’s Low Yu Yenn finished third in the IAA with three other bronze medals.

Altogether, Sports School student-athletes and alumni won 16 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze medals at the meet from 15 to 23 March 2019.

RESULTS
Artistic Gymnastics (15 to 17 March 2019)
FIG Junior
Kho Tong-Yu
2nd – Men’s Pommel Horse
3rd – Men’s Parallel Bars
3rd – Men’s Rings

FIG Senior
Zeng Qiyan
1st – Women’s Individual All-Around
1st – Women’s Floor Exercise
1st – Women’s Uneven Bars
2nd – Women’s Balance Beam

Kaeson Lim Junyi
1st – Men’s Individual All-Around
1st – Men’s Pommel Horse
1st – Men’s Rings
2nd – Men’s High Bar
2nd – Men’s Parallel Bars
3rd – Men’s Vault

Sean Yeo Xong Sean
1st – Men’s High Bar


Rhythmic Gymnastics (19 to 23 March 2019)
FIG Junior
Low Yu Yenn
3rd – Individual All-Around
3rd – Ball
3rd – Ribbon
3rd – Rope

Sophia Ho Jin Wen
1st – Individual All-Around
1st – Ribbon
1st – Rope
2nd – Clubs

5 Hoops Group
1st – Abie Chi En Shuen, Lim Jia Min (with Faith Luah Yi Fei, Tania Foo Kai Ying, Zoey Lee Zhimin)


FIG Senior
Alicia Lim Qian Hui
3rd – Individual All-Around
2nd – Clubs
2nd – Hoop
3rd – Ball
3rd – Ribbon

Avryl Tan Ying
1st – Individual All-Around
1st – Ball
1st – Clubs
1st – Hoop
2nd – Ribbon

Leah Chew
2nd – Individual All-Around
1st – Ribbon
2nd – Ball
3rd – Hoop