Malaysian gymnasts head to AON Cup in Mie

JAPAN will be the last international stop for some rhythmic gymnastics elie athketes before the Asian Games on Dec 1-15. So the Aeon Cup 2006 in Mie, Japan, on Saturday will be the final tune-up also for Malaysian gymnastics trio Chrystal Lim, Foong Seow Ting and Jaime Lee before they head for Doha on Dec 8. All three gymnasts are coached by Russia’s Elena Kholodova. Jaime, the least experienced of the three, replaced injured Durratun Nashihin Rosli last month. Jaime, 16, recently spent two weeks in Uzbekistan with Chrystal and Seow Ting for a training stint.
“There is not much time left and Chrystal and Seow Ting will have no problems in Mie, but we have not set high targets for Jamie. They have one week in Japan and we hope the girls will make full use of it before they return for the final phase of training,” said the honorary secretary of the Malaysian Gymnastics Federation, N. Shanmugarajah.