A sailing event in progress at Marina Bay in Miri yesterday when favourable conditions saw the schedule kept at 10am.
MIRI: Kedah won their first Sukma gold medal in sailing after it emerged champion in the Optimist mixed team category yesterday.
The victorious team comprised Muhd Syafie Abdullah, Sharifah Aliaa A.D.S.H, Muhd Fauzi K Shah and Muhd Syahrul Fitri. A.
The silver medal went to the Terengganu team of Muhd Faqihuddin, Muhd Izzuddin A.Rani, Umar Al Farouk M.Z and Muhammad Khaidir M.Z.
Bronze went to Sabah’s team of Muhd Adam M. Firdaus, Nur Aisah Rose. R, Syahzgaroul Aiman R. and Muhd Afiq Irsyad A.
Optimist Team was the first category in the sailing championship to be completed since the event started on Monday. The tournament has been slowed down by factors like unpredictable weather – too stormy or no strong wind.
For triumphant Terengganu, yesterday’s Optimist mixed team gold was a repeat of Sukma Perlis in 2014 when they won the same category.
Fortunately, the unpredictable skies in Miri was fine yesterday and the event sailed off at 10am as scheduled. Another category flagged off yesterday was Individual Race – all Classes. — by Jacqueline Raphael