Nadi Arena (14/1/25)
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00:00And the winner is...
00:07It was a wonderful day for Su for the bowling squad
00:11as the men's team won the IBF World Cup
00:15and defeated Puerto Rico, 3-2 in Hong Kong.
00:18It was a joyous moment.
00:20The women's squad was almost following the men's squad
00:25in winning the women's team trophies
00:26before he was forced to admit to the title when he was 2-3 down in the US.
00:33Malaysia made it to the finals after taking a 3-1 win over Puerto Rico,
00:37which was a close match between Kristen Ascona, Aja Burgos, David Marquez and Jorge Rodriguez.
00:44The combination of the country's top players, Tibetan Rafi Ismail Ahmad,
00:48Muaz Mohamed Fishol and Tun Hakim Tun Hasno,
00:50forced Mahurangi to panic throughout the match before the winner was announced.
00:55The first match went well when they won 203-170 pins.
01:00Malaysia failed to continue their momentum when the second match came to an end.
01:04The combination of Puerto Rico created five consecutive strikes in the second match
01:10to win 257-216 pins to equalize the score.
01:15In the third match, Malaysia tidied up the match while being assisted by inconsistent shots from the opposing team,
01:20allowing the team to win 197-180 pins to tie the score at 2-1.
01:26Needing a win in the fourth set to ensure victory,
01:30even though it didn't happen, Malaysia was able to take 222-185 pins.
01:36The match continued into the final match,
01:39where Timmy, Rafi, Muaz and Fishol showed their best to create a series of strikes
01:45to ensure the victory of 227-161 pins to win the World Cup.
02:15I feel so very, very happy.
02:17We finally did it.
02:19Our first team event for gold.
02:25And then, I'm speechless now.
02:29They did very great.
02:32And we communicated very well.
02:35And thanks also to Boss G.
02:37Always behind us, always there for us.
02:41We hope this will continue until the end of this year, which is for the World Cup.