| Fadhil Yunus |
NADIRA Pang Mohd Rais Pang secured a bronze medal in the Women’s Cadet Individual Sabre as a Brunei Darussalam amassed a second podium finish in the Southeast Asia Pacific Fencing Championships in Pasig City, Philippines yesterday.
Nadira’s bronze-winning achievement marked the country’s best showing in the competitionand bettered their sole bronze last year with the junior and team category yet to be contested.
In the opening day, Brunei national fencer Anaqi Danish Asahrin won silver in the sabre event.
Nadira started strong seeded 3rd going into the second round after registering four wins out of six victories.
The fencing starlet emerged victorious in the second round after defeating Andria Marie 15-10 from the Philippines before fighting hard to resist the advances of Philippines second seed Carla Arreza in a narrow 15-13 win.
Nadira Pang Mohd Rais Pang (R) wins bronze in the women’s individual cadet sabre event. – BDFF
The quarterfinal win assured the Brunei competitor bronze after she gave one final push in a 15-10 loss to Drew Celso also from the Philippines in the last four.
Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Quynh emerged winner of the event after beating Drew Celso 15-13.
Meanwhile, Nadira’s sister Naila Nasibah Pang did not qualify for the second round after being eliminated in the group stages.
President of Brunei Darussalam Fencing Federation (BDFF) Haji Kassim bin Bakar said of Nadira’s bronze medal: “I am happy with the result. I hope that this will continue until the end of the competition.”
Secretary General of BDFF Nashriq Moksin echoed his sentiments adding that their next focus will be on the junior category which commences on Thursday.
“With Brunei already bagging one silver and one bronze, this is already an improvement from the last outing of this competition,” Nashriq said.
He heaped praise on both sisters before continuing that they will come back better and stronger in upcoming competitions.
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