Singapore gymnast Amanda Yap targets balance beam final on Asian Games debut

The 16-year-old heads into the upcoming competition in Japan fresh from clinching silver at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July – Singapore's first gymnastics medal at the Games since 2014.

Artistic gymnast Amanda Yap on Nov 12, 2025. (Photo: CNA/Ili Mansor)

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SINGAPORE: Singapore gymnast Amanda Yap has set her sights on reaching the balance beam final at her maiden Asian Games, as she looks to continue her breakthrough run on the international stage.

But she is keeping expectations in check ahead of the Asian Games, where she will face some of the continent's strongest gymnasts.

The artistic gymnastics programme gets under way on Sunday, with 14 gold medals up for grabs across five days of competition.

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FOCUSING ON THE NEXT CHALLENGE

“Even though it's quite a big accomplishment, it's just one competition. That doesn't mean that everything else is going to go well,” she said of her Commonwealth Games silver.

“I'm just hoping to go into the Asian Games and do my best because I know that the competitors, especially in gymnastics, are really strong.

“So just being able to compete alongside them will already be such an honour, and hopefully I can get into a final, and I'll just do my best.”

Last October, Yap became the first Singaporean gymnast to qualify for a World Championships final , eventually placing sixth on the balance beam.

Two months later, she claimed silver in the same event at the Bangkok SEA Games, ending Singapore's 20-year wait for an individual balance beam medal at the regional meet.

Her preparations for the Asian Games have not been entirely smooth, with a back injury forcing her to modify her training programme.

As the Games approach, however, she is gradually returning to her usual routine.

“I'm still coming back from an injury, so we kind of modified my training a little bit. But now, as we're nearing the Games, I'm getting back to usual training,” she said.

“We're focusing on maintaining skills and just keeping it consistent.”

WORKING HER WAY BACK

Yap added that she is still leaving some skills out of her routines for now to prevent the injury from worsening before competition.

She hopes the approach will pay off as she looks to build on her recent success.

“For me, I just try to focus on myself because we can't always control how other competitors do,” she said.

“I feel like it also depends on the competition day itself. So I just try to focus, do my best and not worry about others."

For Yap, who first tried gymnastics at the age of three, the journey has come with its share of twists and turns.

But part of the sport's appeal remains the thrill of mastering difficult skills and building the resilience it demands.

“For me, the challenges that it gives you, and being able to do all these cool flips, just having to build resilience from these challenges that we face in training, and applying it in real life really helps a lot,” she said.

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这位 16 岁的选手在 7 月份于格拉斯哥举行的英联邦运动会上斩获银牌，这是新加坡自 2014 年以来在该运动会上获得的第一枚体操奖牌，她将带着这份喜悦参加即将到来的日本比赛。

艺术体操运动员叶曼达（Amanda Yap）于2025年11月12日。（图片：CNA/Ili Mansor）

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新加坡：新加坡体操运动员叶曼达（Amanda Yap）的目标是在她首次参加的亚运会上晋级平衡木决赛，她希望继续在国际舞台上取得突破性进展。

但在亚运会之前，她并没有对自己抱有过高的期望，因为她将与亚洲一些最优秀的体操运动员交锋。

艺术体操比赛将于周日拉开帷幕，为期五天的比赛中将决出 14 枚金牌。

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“虽然这是一项相当大的成就，但这仅仅是一场比赛。这并不意味着其他一切都会一帆风顺，”她在谈到自己获得英联邦运动会银牌时说道。

“我只是希望能够参加亚运会并尽我所能，因为我知道参赛选手，特别是体操选手，实力都很强。”

“所以能够和他们一起比赛就已经是一种莫大的荣幸了，希望我能进入决赛，我会尽我所能。”

去年十月，叶成为第一个晋级世界体操锦标赛决赛的新加坡体操运动员，最终在平衡木项目中获得第六名。

两个月后，她在曼谷东南亚运动会的同一项目中获得了银牌，结束了新加坡在该区域赛事中20年来未获得个人平衡木奖牌的局面。

她备战亚运会的过程并非一帆风顺，背伤迫使她调整了训练计划。

然而，随着奥运会的临近，她正逐渐恢复到往常的生活状态。

“我还在伤病恢复期，所以我们稍微调整了一下我的训练计划。但现在，随着奥运会临近，我正在恢复正常的训练，”她说。

“我们专注于保持技能水平，并力求保持稳定。”

努力回归

叶女士补充说，为了防止伤势在比赛前加重，她目前仍在训练中省略一些动作。

她希望这种方法能够奏效，因为她希望在近期的成功基础上再创佳绩。

“对我来说，我只想专注于自己，因为我们无法总是控制其他竞争对手的表现，”她说。

“我觉得这也要看比赛当天的情况。所以我尽量集中精力，尽自己最大的努力，不去担心别人。”

对于三岁就开始尝试体操的叶来说，这段旅程充满了曲折和坎坷。

但这项运动的部分魅力仍然在于掌握高难度技能的刺激感以及培养这项运动所需要的韧性。

“对我来说，它带来的挑战，以及能够完成所有这些酷炫的翻转动作，都需要从我们在训练中面临的这些挑战中培养韧性，并将其应用到现实生活中，这真的很有帮助，”她说。

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