Singapore sailor Darren Choy continued his dominance in the Byte CII class by winning both of yesterday's races. He won the second race by a massive 20-boat length. -- PHOTO: MARCUS CHUI/AYG WEBSITE
NATIONAL sailor Darren Choy is poised to add another Asian Youth Games (AYG) gold medal to Singapore's tally.
The 15-year-old finished first in two more Byte CII class races yesterday.
He has nine points, and extended his lead to five points over Thai Supakon Pongwichean, 14, with just two races remaining.
But the accolades at the National Sailing Centre were reserved for Malaysian Khairunneeta Afendy, 14.
She was delayed at the Games Village - the Swissotel The Stamford - awaiting the results of her Influenza A (H1N1) test. She sought medical attention yesterday morning for a sore throat and was tested for H1N1 as a precaution.
She tested negative.
Event and team officials agreed to delay the start of the race to give her adequate time to return.
But she was still late for her first race.
Even then, despite conceding a three-minute head-start to the other eight sailors, she showed tremendous spirit to finish third.
But that was not the end of her troubles. The fleet were ordered back to shore because of an impending storm.
