Young gymnast Joe Ee bucks the odds for Malaysia’s 5th gold

Young gymnast Joe Ee bucks the odds for Malaysia’s 5th gold

She wowed the judges in the ball discipline, winning gold with her score of 29.700.

Young national gymnast Ng Joe Ee improved on her qualification score to secure the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. (Bernama pic)
BIRMINGHAM:
Young national gymnast Ng Joe Ee bucked the odds as she dazzled her way in the ball discipline, to deliver Malaysia’s fifth gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games here today.

Joe Ee, 16, put on a delicate show at the Birmingham Arena as she moved and caught the ball perfectly to wow the judges, scoring 29.700 points to achieve a gold medal target for the national rhythmic gymnastics camp in the Games.

Canada’s Suzanna Shahbazian had to settle for silver with 29.050 points while Anna Sokolova of Cyprus took bronze with 28.800 points.

Joe Ee’s score bettered her qualification marks when she earned 28.600 points to finish second on Thursday.

Another national gymnast Izzah Amzan failed to deliver in the hoop final, resulting in her ending the event in seventh out of eighth gymnasts after scoring 25.800 points.

Welsh gymnast, Gemma Natasha Frizelle was crowned the champion with 28.700 points while Anna Sokolova of Cyprus collected 28.300 points to get silver and Canada’s Carmel Kallemaa won bronze with 28.200 points.

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