Sailing
Unexpectedly, 15 years old Tan Rufina Hong Mui, who take part in the women optimist event, won a gold for her country, winning the 1st medal in the sailing events of Malaysia this year, as well as the 1st gold medal in Asian game since 1994. She has a total points of 30, 12 points higher than the silver Japanese, Komiya Haruka.
In the Laser 4.7 Open, Malaysia's Anuar Nurul Elia also successfully won a bronze with a total points of 47 points after 12 race.
Read more about this topic: Malaysia At The 2006 Asian Games
Famous quotes containing the word sailing:
“There’s precious little to say between day and dark,
Perhaps a few words on the implacable will
Of time sailing like a magic barque
Or something as fine for the amenities....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“I saw three ships come sailing by,
Come sailing by, come sailing by,
I saw three ships come sailing by,
On Christmas Day in the morning.”
—Unknown. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. . .
Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938)
“Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear,
Your head like the golden-rod,
And we will go sailing away from here
To the beautiful land of Nod.”
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855–1919)