Published: Saturday November 12, 2011 MYT 6:13:00 PM
Updated: Saturday November 12 buying runescape gold,The Tribune. 2011 MYT 6:16:33 PM
PALEMBANG: Battling an upset tummy, shooter Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi (pix) had to make quick trips to the toilet.
But that did not stop her from handing Malaysia her first gold medal at the 26th SEA Games in style at Jakabaring Shooting Range Saturday.
Suryani overcame the discomfort to snatch the gold with a total of 679.8 points in the womens 50m rifle three-position event ahead of Thai shooter Sunuunta Majchacheep.
The Thai gave her level best to catch Suryani but settled for silver in the end with 676.3 points.
Nur Ayuni Farhana was also in sight of overtaking the Thai to hand Malaysia the silver as she narrowed the deficit to 0.1 point with just one round to go in the final.
However, she ltered with 9.5 against the Thais 10.3 to settle for bronze with 675.4 points.
Suryani, who got married five months ago buy runescape gold cheap, had certainly taken a comfortable lead going into the final as she managed 582 points to lead her Thai rival by five points.
However,Titan Gold the gold was Suryanis to lose as she retained the same margin with two more attempts to go in the final sell rs gold, which had the eight finalists shooting 10 rounds.
Suryani, 29, was calm after the final as cries of Malaysia Boleh was heard over at the Malaysian camp.
But there was suprise on her ce as she was told that her gold was the first for the Malaysian conwow goldtingent.
Yes? Wow, its really my luckiest day. I was not thinking about winning the gold as I was just trying to bring out my best performance and hoped that everything would ll into place.
My strategy was to put up a good margin to get into the final and take it from there.
Everything turned out well for me and Im happy to get a gold after missing out in Laos two years ago. It could also be good wedding present for me, said Suryani, whose gold medal performance ends a four-year-drought for Malaysia in shooting.
Malaysia only managed six silvers and five bronzes in Laos two years ago.
And the golden headstart has certainly kindled the fire in Suryani to add to her tally when she competes in two more individual rifle events – the 50m rifle prone and 10m air rifle.
Suryani will shoot alongside Shahera Rahim Raja in the 50m rifle prone tomorrow and together with Muslih Zulkifli in the 10m air rifle on Tuesday.