HANGZHOU: Slim margins separated Singapore ju-jitsu fighter Noah Lim from an Asian Games medal on Thursday (Oct 5). First came a loss by one advantage point to South Korea’s Joo Seonghyeon in the quarter-finals of the men’s under-69kg event, and then later in the day, a narrow 0-2 defeat at the hands o
Singaporean ju-jitsu exponent Noah Lim is seen during his Asian Games bronze medal match against Kazakhstan's Aldiyar Serik in Hangzhou on Oct 5, 2023. First came a loss by one advantage point to South Korea’s Joo Seonghyeon in the quarter-finals of the men’s under-69kg event, and then later in the day, a narrow 0-2 defeat at the hands of Kazakhstan’s Aldiyar Serik in the bronze medal match.
“I lost very narrowly in both matches to very tough opponents,” said Lim, who was making his Games debut. At the Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium, the Singaporean, a second-year student at Nanyang Technological University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, had hoped to strike gold.Lim revealed that he was suffering from some side effects from a recent bout of asthma.
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