[VIDEO] Malaysian Team Goes Viral For Impressive Sport Stacking Skills At 2024 Asian Open
The four young Malaysians triumphed over their South Korean opponents in a head-to-head relay.
Did you know that Malaysia is good at sport stacking?
Sport stacking, also known as cup stacking, is an individual and team sport that involves stacking specially designed cups in pre-determined sequences as quickly as possible.
A team of four young Malaysians recently went viral for their impressive skills at cup stacking, beating their South Korean opponents in a head-to-head relay
According to sport stacking news page StackFleet, the Malaysian team achieved the world's fastest relay with a time of 28 seconds at the recent WSSA 2024 Asian Open Sport Stacking Championships.
"Malaysia enters the 2024 Asian Open as the returning International Challenge victors, hungry for more. What's better than one title? Two," reads the viral video's caption.
According to the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA), the athletes showcased in the video are Luw Tze Hin, Woo Xin Yi, Chin Kang Yu, and Chan Keng Ian.
Chan is recognised as one of the fastest male sport stackers globally, while Woo ranks among the world's fastest female stackers, with both of them holding multiple world records.
Image via @stackfleet (Instagram)
The WSSA 2024 Asian Open was recently held from 29 November to 1 December at Stadium Juara in Kuala Lumpur
According to Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh, who officiated the event, Malaysia hosted 487 participants from 11 countries, including Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, and Japan.
A total of 208 participants from Malaysia competed in various categories in different teams.
While the StackFleet video of the Malaysian team's prowess garnered over five million views, the WSSA 2024 Asian Open overall International Challenge title eventually went to Taiwan, with South Korea as runner-up and Malaysia in third.
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