MALAYSIA WATERSKI TEAM DISPLAY RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCES

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The six-week training stint in Florida is paying off handsomely for the Malaysian waterski team. The young SEA Games team have been training extensively at the Cory Pickos ski site since April. And the rewards came rich as they exploded in a flurry of record smashing performances at the Florida Inboards Open at the Santa Rosa Beach last weekend.

First off was nine-year-old Adam Yoong Hanifah who broke his elder half-brother - Alex Yoong's 24-year national record in tricks on Saturday. All expectations were on the 11-year-old Aiden Yoong Hanifah to smash the 3,830 record Alex, then 17, had set during the 1993 Malaysian Open. Instead it was the youngest sibling Adam, who surprised when scoring 3,920 to finish first in the U13 category. Aiden, who had one trick disallowed due to poor execution, settled for a new personal best of 3,780 and second place in the same category.

Meanwhile, 19-year-old Syahir Nasir also had a memorable weekend as he broke the national slalom record twice in a day. Syahir, who came close to breaking Alex's 23-year record of 3/13/58 on Saturday, got the job done on Sunday by scoring 3.5/13/58 in round two. Not satisfied, Syahir went back in round three and upped his own record with an astonishing 1/12/58 score. Syahir's score is within range of a SEA Games gold with the 2015 gold medal mark being 3/12/58.

In the women's event, 13-year-old Aaliyah continued to fly high with top-notched results in jump and slalom. Aaliyah, a two-time SEA Games gold medallist, soared to a new personal best in jump with 32.3m. It is just 0.2m shy of Phillipa Yoong's national record, set in 1994 and has comfortably beaten the 2015 SEA Games gold medal mark of 29m. Not done, Aaliyah went on to score 0.5/12/55 in slalom to finish fourth in the Under-17 category. It was however a brand new national record and an Asian Under-17 record. More importantly, it has bettered the gold medal mark of 3/13/55 at the 2015 SEA Games. With Aaliyah already well assured of winning gold in tricks and overall, her jump and slalom performances will have put her in contention for a possible gold haul of at least two and possibly more when the Games starts in August.

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