Today, the 22nd Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships continued in Petaling Jaya with the Doubles events.
Singapore secured their third gold medal in the girls’ division, after winning two golds in Singles yeasterday, while host nation Malaysia celebrated their first gold in the boys’ division.
In the girls’ Doubles event, Singapore’s Lim Shi En and Nur Irdina Binte Hazly took control after the second game and never looked back.
They posted 2637 to win comfortably and deliver another gold for Singapore. Korea’s Paek Ye Dam and Jo Yoon Seo finished second with 2473, while Japan’s Kiri Watanabe and Mao Kondoh claimed the bronze medal with 2456. Malaysia ended fourth with 2431.
In the boys’ division, Japan’s Eita Saotome and Fumine Suda started strong with 544, but Malaysia’s Ethan Damien Goh and Muhammad Aiman Syahin surged ahead in the later games.
The Malaysian pair closed with 458 to finish with 2696, giving the hosts their first gold medal of the championships.
Kuwait’s Abdulrzzaq Mohamad and Hassan Qasem earned silver with 2611, and Japan took bronze with 2594.
The championships will continue with the Team events, staged over two blocks on August 24 and 25.
After eighteen qualifying games, the top 16 boys and top 16 girls in the All-Event standings will qualify for the Masters finals, scheduled for August 26 and 27.
The Masters finals will conclude with a Stepladder Shootout. The top three boys and the top three girls from the Masters will compete for the championship titles.
The tournament will run from August 20 to 27, 2025, with 56 boys, 32 girls, and 38 team officials taking part from fourteen countries.
