CGA Malaysia warmly extends its heartiest congratulations to two athletes, Goh Li Hen and Nur Alyssa Mohd Farid, for adding the glitter of gold and silver respectively, at the VII Commonwealth Youth Games Trinbago 2023 on Wednesday, 9th August 2023.
Li Hen, 17, claimed the Contingent’s first gold medal by successfully recording a time of 2:03.63 to claim the gold medal in the Men’s 200m Butterfly event for Aquatics-Swimming at the National Aquatic Centre in Trinidad. He outperformed swimmers from England, Reuben Rowbotham-Keating, who took the silver medal, and Jarden Dylan Eaton from South Africa, who secured the bronze medal.
Earlier, Nur Alyssa also excelled by contributing a silver medal in the Women’s Sprint event for Cycling – Track. The 17-year-old cyclist had to concede victory to Scotland’s athlete Sarah Johnson in the final. The bronze medal in this event went to Liliya Tatarinoff from Australia, who triumphed over another Malaysian representative, Yong Ann Tung.
“I am very happy and proud of our athletes today. All those who competed today gave their best, and we are fortunate to have secured the gold and silver medals from Goh Li Hen and Nur Alyssa.
“Thursday, August 10, 2023, marks the final day for our national athletes to compete in the Cycling – Track events, and I hope we end the campaign on a high note,” stated Mrs. Ang Li Peng, Chef de Mission of the Malaysian Contingent.
This brings the Contingent’s medal haul to three medals thus far – one gold, one silver and one bronze ahead of the final day of the Games.
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- Goh Li Hen, Gold medalist in the Aquatics-Swimming, Men’s 200m Butterfly event.
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- The medalist for Aquatics-Swimming, Men’s 200m Butterfly. L-R: 1. Reuben Rowbotham-Keating (Silver) 2. Goh Li Hen (Gold) 3. Jarden Dylan Eaton (Bronze)
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- Nur Alyssa Mohd Farid, Silver medalist in the Cycling – Track, Women’s Sprint event.
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- The medalist for Cycling – Track, Women’s Sprint event. L-R: 1. Nur Alyssa Mohd Farid (Silver) 2. Sarah Johnson (Gold) 3. Liliyana Tatarinoff (Bronze)
Dato’ Sieh Kok Chi was born on the 8th of November 1938. After his retirement in 1991, as an Engineer in the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia, Dato’ Sieh chose to continue his involvement, full time, in the field of sports, where his life-long passion was, especially in the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM).
Born on 21st March 1949, Y.A.M Tunku Tan Sri Imran is the second son of the late Tuanku Jaafar, an elected monarch of the Negeri Sembilan. Tunku Imran was educated in the UK at the King’s School, Canterbury and studied law at Nottingham University before being called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn, London in 1971 and qualifying as a Barrister at Law.