Qatar triumphs in final event
The Qatari held a 5-pin lead going into the fourth and final game and needed 840 or more to assure themselves of a chance to winning the Gold medal which the quartet duly oblidge. Malaysia made a late challenge with a superb 886 in the final game to pip Kuwait for the Silver medal with 3462, 55 pins adrift.
Kuwait settled for the Bronze medal with a total of 3431, a further 31 pins away. The most unluckiest team was the host nation, Australia finishing fourth with 3331. The favorites, Korea failed to make any impression to finish fifth with 3328.
But the Korea's Choi Jin-A, Kwang Sun-Ok, Gang Hye-Eun and Lee Su-Jeong stormed home with a final game of 900 to snatch the victory and the Gold medal from the Taiwanese with a total of 3300.
Chinese Taipei settled for the Silver medal with 3237, 63 pins adrift while Japan took home another Bronze medal with 3234. Australia was again unlucky to finish fourth after being third before the final game. Long Oil Team Gold medalist, Malaysia finished a dismal fifth.
Choi Bok-Eum also bagged the Boy's Individual All Events Gold medal with 7300 followed by Malaysia's Zulmazran Zulkifli in second for the Silver medal with 7145. Japan's Sasaki Tomoyuki settled for the Bronze medal with 7037.
Malaysia won their final Gold medal in the Boy's Team All Events which combined all the four bowlers' scores in as many events played. Their score of 27228 was 80 pins more than the Japanese, who took the Silver with 27148. Korea claimed the Bronze with 26593.
Korea bagged their 11th Gold medal of the championship with victory in the Team All Events while Malaysia and Singapore settled for the Silver and Bronze medals.
The 13th edition of the Asian Youth which saw the mighty Koreans dominating returned with a 11-2-2 medal haul. Malaysia finished second with 3-8-2 while Hong Kong and Qatar were the only other country to win a Gold medal each.
Detailed scores: Boy's Team of 4 Short | GIrl's Team of Short | Boy's Individual AE | Girl's Individual AE.