SINGAPORE — Wushu added a silver and bronze medal to Singapore’s tally at the South-east Asian (SEA) Games in Myanmar yesterday.

Wushu exponent Tan Yan Ni clinched silver in the final of the women’s Changquan event with a score of 9.60 points at the Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium in Naypyidaw to finish behind eventual winner Thi Phuong Giang Hoang of Vietnam (9.68). Indonesia’s Thalia Lovita Sosrodjojo took the bronze (9.59).

Singapore also added a bronze from Lee Tze Yuan and Yong Yi Xiang in the men’s Duilian (bare hands).

It brings the Republic’s medal haul at the SEA Games, which officially starts with the opening ceremony at Naypyidaw’s Wunna Theikdi Stadium on Wednesday, to one silver and two bronzes. They won a bronze in the men’s chinlone on Friday.

“We did our best and the scores in Yan Ni’s event for the gold were quite close. The team are feeling the pressure, the hosts are good and contestants from countries like Vietnam train professionally, so competition for gold will be very tough,” team manager Chan Keng Ngee.

Meanwhile, Singapore continued their charge towards a 25th consecutive gold medal in men’s water polo at the SEA Games with a 8-5 victory over Thailand at the Zayarthiri Swimming Pool yesterday.

“It was just one of those days when things went off track. We attacked from the start, but was kept out by an outstanding Thai defence, who placed heavy emphasis on their defence,” said Singapore national water polo team manager Samuel Wong.

“We did some changes on the team positions, whereby (Loh) Zhi Zhi stepped in as a centre-back, which consolidated the core of our defence, and Jian Ying rose to the occasion to score a hat-trick to give the momentum back to us.”

Singapore will be represented by 308 athletes from 25 sports, and given that fewer events will be featured at the Myanmar Games — 460 compared to the 545 at the 2011 Games in Indonesia — Chef de Mission Annabel Pennefather hopes the Republic can at least come close to matching their haul of 42 gold, 45 silver and 73 bronze medals of two years ago.

IAN DE COTTA, ADELENE WONG