19th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships
Korea bags second gold and first bronze
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24th October, Manila: The first pair of Han Jae Hyeon-Lee Ju Hyung and the second pair of Park Geon Ha-Lim Seong-Lyul bagged Korea's second gold and added a bronze medal in the Boy's Doubles event of the 19th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships on Tuesday.

2017 Asian School Doubles gold medallist of Ivan Tse and Alex Yu of Hong Kong 1 set a cracking pace with 516 in their opening game to lead by 36 pins. Singapore's Jomond Chia, 17, partnering Oh Han Qin, rolled his second career 300, to trail in second.

Han and Lee, who was third with an opening game of 479, posted a stunning 535 in their second game to move into the lead, 124 pins ahead of Malaysia's first pair of Mohd Hafiz Zainuddin and Singles gold medallist, Tun Ameerul Al-Hakim in second after a superb game 2 of 509.

Hong Kong 1 slipped down to third after managing only 374 while Singapore 2 also suffered a set back to drop down to fourth.


Lee Ju Hyung-Han Jae Hyeon and Lim Seong Lyul-Park Geon Ha

Malaysia then erased the old 3-game record of 1409 set by Korea in 2010 after another big game of 516 for a 3-game total of 1449 to take over the running. Korea 1 trailed the Malaysian pair by 11 pins despite adding 424 in their third game with Hong Kong 1 still in contention in third. Korea's second pair of Park Geon Ha and Lim Seong Lyul made up grounds to take up fourth and Indonesia 2 in fifth.

Han and Lee regained the lead with 462 in the fourth game as Malaysia 1 stumbled with 389 to fall behind the Korean pair by 62 pins. Korea 1 then pulled away to an 86-pin lead by the fifth game and went on to finish off with 388 for the gold medal with a total of 2698.

Indonesia's Paolo M. Hernandez and Billy Muhammad Islam stormed home with 488 and 485 in their last two games to snatch the silver medal with 2639. The second Korean pair ended with 397 to clinch the bronze medal with 2619.

Rookie Mohd Hazif chocked with 158 while Tun Ameerul down 204 for a disasterous 362 to drop out of a medal in fifth position with 2586. Hong Kong 1 needed both the players to strike out in their final frame but missed the podium by 28 pins to take up fourth position with 2591.

The girls will contest their Doubles event after lane maintenance. Competition will resume with the Team of Four over two blocks of three games on October 25 and 26.


Boy's Doubles silver medallist, Paolo M. Hernandez and Billy M. Islam

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