CHEAH AND ZULKIFLI GARNER WOMEN'S DOUBLES GOLD

Malaysia's top two bowling icons, Esther Cheah and Shalin Zulkifli (pictured) were awesome in their pursuit for delivering Malaysia's first Gold medal.

World Championship Singles champion, Esther Cheah partnered PBA rookie Shalin Zulkifli to clinch Malaysia's first gold medal in the Women's Doubles event of the 20th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championship.

The strong Malaysian women, who drew blank in yesterday's singles event, rebounded back with the victory in the doubles to end Korea's domination so far. The Malaysian pair knocked down a team total of 2699, smashing two Asian Championship records en-route to their victory.

Esther and Shalin posted a second-half three-game series of 1401, erasing the 1302 record set by the Koreans in 1998 in Taipei. The duo also bettered the 2560 total set by the Australia in 2000 in Doha, Qatar.

The dynamic duo engaged a tactical game approach by trailing Korea's first pair of Hwang Sun-Ok and Kim Yeau-Jin in the first half but accelerated their momentum with lines of 494, 478 and 429 to romp home a comfortable victory over the Koreans with 98 pins margin.

"I was struggling a bit in the first three games series but fortunately Esther bowled well to cover me," said Shalin Zulkifli, who did not compete in the last championship in Jakarta. "The Singles yesterday wasn't that good either and I'm actually surprised that I could do better in the long oil conditions.

"I'm glad we have won the first Gold medal so early in the competition," remarked the delighted Esther. "This will make up for the disappointing first day and in the last championship where we went home empty handed."

Gye Min-Young and perfect gamer, Jeon Eun-Hee settled for the silver medal with 2601 while the surprise pair was China's Chen Dongdong and Wu Suqin who stormed home to clinch the bronze medal with 2572.

Early pace-setter and Korea's first pair of Singles gold medalist, Hwang Sun-Ok and Kim Yeau-Jin, fizzled off to end up in fourth place with 2569 ahead of their team-mates and Korea's third pair in fifth.

Malaysia's second pair of debutantes, Siti Safiyah Amirah and Sin Li Jane, who were amongst the leader in the early stages, dropped off to eighth, while the third pair of Zandra Aziela and Wendy Chai only managed a 19th place finish.

B C Cheah, MTBC

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Long Oil Women's Doubles (Long Oil)

Pos	Bowler	Ctry	1	2	3	4	5	6	Score	Ave	Total	Diff
1	ESTHER CHEAH		221	244	224	237	254	193	1373	228.83	2699	0
	SHALIN ZULKIFLI		200	187	222	257	224	236	1326	221.00
	MALAYSIA		421	431	446	494	478	429
2	GYE MIN-YOUNG		245	216	190	184	237	225	1297	216.17	2601	-98
	JEON EUN-HEE		276	198	228	221	214	167	1304	217.33
	KOREA		521	414	418	405	451	392
3	CHEN DONGDONG		235	191	256	182	246	206	1316	219.33	2572	-127
	WU SUQIN		234	217	190	196	215	204	1256	209.33
	CHINA		469	408	446	378	461	410
4	HWANG SUN-OK		209	208	223	216	213	203	1272	212.00	2569	-130
	KIM YEAU-JIN		225	226	266	202	196	182	1297	216.17
	KOREA		434	434	489	418	409	385
5	CHOI JIN-A		215	205	223	181	227	201	1252	208.67	2522	-177
	GANG HYE-EUN		234	199	237	190	215	195	1270	211.67
	KOREA		449	404	460	371	442	396
6	CHERIE TAN		214	182	192	173	213	244	1218	203.00	2516	-183
	JASMINE YEONG NATHAN		202	223	215	248	225	185	1298	216.33
	SINGAPORE		416	405	407	421	438	429
7	YANG SUILING		218	214	209	205	190	239	1275	212.50	2515	-184
	ZHANG YUHONG		206	214	201	209	196	214	1240	206.67
	CHINA		424	428	410	414	386	453
8	SITI SAFIYAH		265	232	227	192	208	216	1340	223.33	2480	-219
	SIN LI JANE		200	229	176	170	175	190	1140	190.00
	MALAYSIA		465	461	403	362	383	406
9	AMANDA NG		196	204	142	245	190	188	1165	194.17	2436	-263
	JAZREEL TAN		213	214	210	240	209	185	1271	211.83
	SINGAPORE		409	418	352	485	399	373
10	PAN YU FEN		172	191	247	192	181	193	1176	196.00	2433	-266
	WANG YU LING		257	178	202	177	205	238	1257	209.50
	CHINESE TAIPEI		429	369	449	369	386	431
11	HARUKA MATSUDA		201	230	226	195	247	160	1259	209.83	2420	-279
	KAZUMI SATOH		214	205	187	197	181	177	1161	193.50
	JAPAN		415	435	413	392	428	337
12	SABRINA LIM		202	211	199	205	190	201	1208	201.33	2390	-309
	BERNICE LIM		196	216	171	192	174	233	1182	197.00
	SINGAPORE		398	427	370	397	364	434
13	NAO OHISHI		204	192	211	192	191	214	1204	200.67	2384	-315
	MAKI SANO		200	207	191	188	224	170	1180	196.67
	JAPAN		404	399	402	380	415	384
14	AYANO KATAI		216	182	180	201	204	183	1166	194.33	2378	-321
	KANAKO ISHIMINE		213	217	189	200	173	220	1212	202.00
	JAPAN		429	399	369	401	377	403
15	CHAN SHUK HAN		159	235	216	176	199	178	1163	193.83	2374	-325
	VANESSA FUNG		232	193	216	200	179	191	1211	201.83
	HONG KONG		391	428	432	376	378	369
16	LIZA DEL ROSARIO		201	189	183	194	188	178	1133	188.83	2370	-329
	KRIZZIAH TABORA		204	177	224	194	247	191	1237	206.17
	PHILIPPINES		405	366	407	388	435	369
17	CHIEN HSIU LAN		221	204	204	190	195	207	1221	203.50	2360	-339
	HUANG CHIUNG YAO		169	173	235	204	167	191	1139	189.83
	CHINESE TAIPEI		390	377	439	394	362	398
18	CHENG LIHUA		204	213	182	202	181	205	1187	197.83	2351	-348
	LIU NIAN		172	152	206	214	215	205	1164	194.00
	CHINA		376	365	388	416	396	410
19	ZANDRA AZIELA		184	177	178	179	195	235	1148	191.33	2340	-359
	WENDY CHAI		190	192	229	170	234	177	1192	198.67
	MALAYSIA		374	369	407	349	429	412
20	LIANG YA PING		177	233	178	210	211	193	1202	200.33	2315	-384
	TANG YA CHUN		201	175	199	145	179	214	1113	185.50
	CHINESE TAIPEI		378	408	377	355	390	407
21	GUNNALADA AREE		195	213	213	159	158	187	1125	187.50	2297	-402
	SAOWAPHA KUNAKSORN		197	201	211	184	212	167	1172	195.33
	THAILAND		392	414	424	343	370	354
22	PRATHIMA HEGDE		188	163	179	208	169	220	1127	187.83	2259	-440
	SUMATHI NALLABHANTU		178	190	172	183	188	221	1132	188.67
	INDIA		366	353	351	391	357	441
23	ELAINE FLORENCIO		216	179	157	205	180	131	1068	178.00	2248	-451
	KIMBERLY LAO		188	213	205	187	175	212	1180	196.67
	PHILIPPINES		404	392	362	392	355	343
24	DYAN CORONACION		179	208	182	198	150	168	1085	180.83	2238	-461
	ALEXIS SY		202	186	220	190	171	184	1153	192.17
	PHILIPPINES		381	394	402	388	321	352
25	FRAN GATAN		177	170	179	245	157	138	1066	177.67	2196	-503
	MARIE VELASCO		194	171	172	217	189	187	1130	188.33
	GUAM		371	341	351	462	346	325
26	SYLVIA KONG		198	192	149	219	158	170	1086	181.00	2172	-527
	MILKI NG		177	176	183	181	166	203	1086	181.00
	HONG KONG		375	368	332	400	324	373
27	SHELLEE JAVIER		233	182	143	190	180	167	1095	182.50	2166	-533
	LEANNE RANKIN		197	150	190	167	179	188	1071	178.50
	GUAM		430	332	333	357	359	355
28	SARAH CHENG		180	166	147	190	190	189	1062	177.00	2154	-545
	KATHERINE LAU		165	159	157	195	210	206	1092	182.00
	HONG KONG		345	325	304	385	400	395
29	CHOE KUM-SON		204	200	155	181	214	192	1146	191.00	2146	-553
	KIM HYANG-MI		144	175	186	148	175	172	1000	166.67
	DPR KOREA		348	375	341	329	389	364
30	SHANNON BUKIKOSA		163	168	160	183	166	163	1003	167.17	2071	-628
	ROSE NAUTA		200	169	187	181	187	144	1068	178.00
	GUAM		363	337	347	364	353	307
31	SWAPNA MITRA	IND	175	179	160	192	179	162	1047	174.50	0	-2699
	PACER		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
	MAKEUP TEAM		175	179	160	192	179	162

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