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Tan struck gold in Las Vegas in 2019 when she won the tournament-ending Masters event. The 32-year-old right-hander claimed Singapore's first gold medal at the World Championships when she won all-events in nearby Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in 2015. Ng's win marked the third gold medal for Singapore's women's team in the history of the tournament, and she now owns two of them. The custom venue was created specifically for the medal rounds of the 2021 IBF Super World Championships and built in the Sports, Fitness and Wellbeing Hub at Expo 2020 Dubai, a multicultural event that includes exhibits from more than 190 countries and will last six months. The contests took place on an open-air two-lane setup basking in the Dubai moonlight. The men's gold medal went to Sweden's James Blomgren, who downed Finland's Tomas Kayhko, 2-0 (279-233 and 247-185). Tan's first shot hit the pocket, but she left a 7-10 split to fall short.
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She recorded a strike on her first delivery, but a 4 pin on her second shot, followed by the spare conversion, gave Tan the opportunity to roll three strikes in her 10th frame to win by one pin. Ng's first delivery resulted in a strike, and she stepped up in the 10th frame needing a double to lock up the second gold medal of her career at the IBF Super World Championships. Tan started the roll-off by leaving, and converting, the 3-5-6-9-10 combination. Ng struck on seven of her first nine deliveries in the opening game, including a stretch of six consecutive strikes, on the way to a 234-215 win over Tan.Ī ball change from Tan early in Game 2 helped her roll five consecutive strikes on the way to a 236-206 victory to force the roll-off. The teammates faced off for the first gold medal of the 2021 edition of the event, and Ng earned the top prize via roll-off, 49-27, after they each won one game in the best-of-two format. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Singapore's Shayna Ng and Cherie Tan are responsible for more than half of the medals their country has won at the International Bowling Federation Super World Championships, and they added two more Friday night in women's singles.