KL 2017 SEA Games So Far: Malaysia Takes Home 7 Gold Medals In Total

It seems that the home advantage that our athletes have are coming into effect so far. Our Malaysian contingent had a strong start at the KL 2017 Sea Games after the sepak takraw team took home the first gold medal in the chinlone category.

As of Thursday night, Malaysia is the overall leader in the medal standings with four golds, three silvers, and three bronze medals followed by Indonesia and Myanmar.

Medal Tally will be updated every night. Stay tuned! ??? #KL2017 #RisingTogether #BangkitBersama pic.twitter.com/CJLepEha0a
— Kuala Lumpur 2017 (@KL2017) August 17, 2017

And on Friday, it seems that our victorious streak shows no signs of slowing down.

It’s not even noon yet but we’ve managed to clinch three more gold medals, thanks to open water swimming and archery.

The first gold of the day was contributed by Kevin Yeap in the men's 10km open water swimming event while Heidi Gan won the second gold in the women’s category, as reported by The Star.

Aquatics - Women's 10km Open Water Swimming: ?Heidi Gan #MAS, ?Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn #THA & ?Chantal Liew Li-Shan #SGP. #KL2017 pic.twitter.com/ltTm3Vmtaz
— Kuala Lumpur 2017 (@KL2017) August 18, 2017

The archery team continued their amazing feat after a very solid performance on Thursday by contributing another gold on Friday via the mixed team compound category. Our Malaysian archers beat out Myanmar 152-142.

We’ve got a few more sporting events happening today so let’s wish our Malaysian athletes the best of luck! #MalaysiaBoleh!

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