Sailors Samantha Yom and Bernie Chin Win First Two Youth Olympic Gold Medals for Singapore in Nanjing

Congratulations to Samantha Yom, Bernie Chin Cheok Khoon and Team Singapore!

Samantha Yom competed in sailing for Byte CII- Women’s One Person Dinghy while Bernie Chin competed in Byte CII – Men’s One Person Dinghy. Both emerged top to win the respective gold medal at the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

These two are the first ever Youth Olympic gold medals for Singapore in our sporting history and also the first ever Olympic gold medals we have won.

Well done Samantha and Bernie!

Here’s a compilation of Samantha Yom’s competition pictures from Xinhua, via the official website for Nanjing 2014:

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Here’s a compilation of Bernie Chin’s competition pictures from the same source:

[image_sliders] [image_slider link=”https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5566/14994431886_3b4ea37976_c.jpg” source=”https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5566/14994431886_3b4ea37976_c.jpg”] Bernie Chin competing at Jinniu Lake Sailing Venue in Nanjing (picture via Xinhua) [/image_slider] [image_slider link=”https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5585/15017049742_bcf42c9ca9_c.jpg” source=”https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5585/15017049742_bcf42c9ca9_c.jpg”] Bernie Chin competing at Jinniu Lake Sailing Venue in Nanjing (picture via Xinhua) [/image_slider] [image_slider link=”https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5587/14830897907_7f97fd0735_c.jpg” source=”https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5587/14830897907_7f97fd0735_c.jpg”] Bernie Chin competing at Jinniu Lake Sailing Venue in Nanjing (picture via Xinhua) [/image_slider] [/image_sliders]

Thus far, Singapore has won a total of two gold and two silver medals at the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games. The Games started on August 16 and will end on the 28th. To get the latest competitions updates, visit the official website.