School sports: Nanyang Girls' Togawa Mei sweeps four individual artistic gymnastics golds

Ms Togawa Mei competes in the balance beam IAF, B Division Girls Secondary (Optional) event at the National Inter-school Artistic Gymnastics Championships. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

SINGAPORE - Togawa Mei of Nanyang Girls' High School (NYGH) dominated the final day of the National Inter-school Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2016, winning gold in all four events and coming in second in the individual all-around event in the B division category.

"I trained nearly every day for this competition , so it feels like my effort really paid off," said the 15-year-old.

"On the first day, I fell during the vault and balance beam events. But I persevered and tried to do better on the second day and I didn't fall."

Beating Togawa to the individual all-around gold was her friend and training partner at the Prime Gynamstics Club, Tan Sze En. Even though the Raffles Girls' School (RGS) student withdrew from the second day of competition to avoid aggravating her injuries, her scores in the preliminary round were enough to help her retain her all-around title from last year.

"I feel happy that I helped my school win a medal," said Sze En, who will be representing Singapore at the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Everett, Washington next week.

In the B division boys' category, Chong Jer Rong of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) won the individual all around event thanks to his gold-winning performances in the parallel bars, high bar and rings.

"I enjoy gymnastics a lot, so I naturally want to work harder for it. I'm not working towards medals, but to improve myself," he said.

In the A Division Boys, Ryan Lee of Catholic Junior College (CJC) took the individual all-around title as well as first place finishes in the parallel bars, high bar and rings.

"I didn't expect to do as well as I did, because my competitors are all very strong and the competition was quite close," the 17-year-old told The Straits Times.

The A Division Girls category was not contested due to insufficient participants.

National Interschool Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2016- results

A Division Boys

Individual all-around- Ryan Lee (Catholic Junior College)

Vault- Josiah Tan (CJC)

Floor Exercise- Declan Pan (Raffles Institution)

Parallel Bars- Ryan Lee (CJC)

High Bar- Ryan Lee (CJC)

Pommel Horse- Declan Pan (RI)

Rings- Ryan Lee (CJC)

B Division Boys

Individual all-around- Chong Jer Rong (Hwa Chong Institution)

Vault- Lincoln Forest Liqht Man (Singapore Sports School)

Floor Exercise- Lincoln Forest Liqht Man (SSP)

Parallel Bars- Chong Jer Rong (HCI)

High Bar- Chong Jer Rong (HCI)

Pommel Horse- Zac Liew (St. Joseph's Institution)

Rings- Chong Jer Rong (HCI)

B Division Girls

Individual all-around- Tan Sze En (RGS)

Vault- Togawa Mei (Nanyang Girls High)

Floor Exercise-Togawa Mei (NYGH)

Balance Beam-Togawa Mei (NYGH)

Uneven Bars-Togawa Mei (NYGH)

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