SINGAPORE: Team Singapore's contract bridge players claimed two bronze medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday (Oct 4). The country's women's and mixed teams lost to their
Players from Singapore and China compete in the contract bridge mixed team event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Oct 4, 2023. The country's women's and mixed teams lost to their counterparts from China in the semi-finals of their respective events. However, losing semi-finalists in each bridge event are awarded joint-bronze medals.
Players from Singapore and China compete in the contract bridge women's team event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Oct 4, 2023. The card game debuted at the Asiad level at the last Games in 2018, with China picking up three of the six golds on offer in Jakarta. Chinese Taipei, India and Singapore also took home gold.
Bridge is a game that calls for mental toughness, with Singapore's Poon Hua, a member of the men’s team that triumphed in the Indonesian capital describing it as being"like a long marathon".
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