Myanmar wins gold, bronze at 11th ASEAN School Games

22 July

 


MYANMAR won one gold med-al and one bronze medal at the 11th ASEAN School Games, held at  Semarang,  Central  Java  in  Indonesia.  The  week-long  Games started on 18 July. The opening ceremony was held at the Holy Terang Bangsa School Stadium in Semarang, Central Java.

 


In track and field competi-tion, Saw December Thein from Myanmar won the gold medal in the Hammer Throw event of Athletics with a record of 56-86, while  Lwee  Zar  of  Myanmar  received  the  bronze  medal  in  the Girls’ 3000m with a record of 10:49.97. —MNA  (Translated by Kyaw Zin Lin)