Tiffany Teo secures Singapore's first Asian Games MMA medal

Teo guaranteed herself at least a bronze medal by advancing to the women's traditional 60kg semi-finals.

Singaporean MMA fighter Tiffany Teo. (File photo: CNA/Justin Ong)

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SINGAPORE: Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Tiffany Teo made history on Sunday (Sep 20) by securing Singapore's first medal in the sport at the Asian Games after advancing to the women's traditional 60kg semi-finals.

Teo, who is making her Asian Games debut, beat Iran's Arezou Salimighalehtaki 3-0 in their quarter-final bout.

With both losing semi-finalists awarded bronze medals, the result guarantees Teo at least a bronze and makes her Singapore's first Asian Games medallist in MMA.

The achievement comes at the first Asian Games to feature MMA in its programme.

CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less The 36-year-old will next face India's Suchika Tariyal in the semi-finals on Monday. Tariyal booked her spot in the last four after defeating Mongolia's Altanchimeg Baigalmaa 2-0 in her quarter-final earlier on Sunday, similarly granting India its first Asian Games MMA medal. The winner of the fight between Teo and Tariyal will advance to the final of the event, which will be held on Tuesday. MMA is one of six sports making their Asian Games debuts at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. The others are freestyle BMX, padel, surfing, teqball and virtual taekwondo .

The 36-year-old will next face India's Suchika Tariyal in the semi-finals on Monday.

Tariyal booked her spot in the last four after defeating Mongolia's Altanchimeg Baigalmaa 2-0 in her quarter-final earlier on Sunday, similarly granting India its first Asian Games MMA medal.

The winner of the fight between Teo and Tariyal will advance to the final of the event, which will be held on Tuesday.

MMA is one of six sports making their Asian Games debuts at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. The others are freestyle BMX, padel, surfing, teqball and virtual taekwondo .

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Teo晋级女子60公斤级半决赛，至少确保获得一枚铜牌。

新加坡综合格斗选手Tiffany Teo。（资料照片：CNA/Justin Ong）

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新加坡：综合格斗（MMA）选手蒂芙尼·张（Tiffany Teo）在周日（9月20日）创造了历史，她在亚运会女子传统60公斤级比赛中晋级半决赛，为新加坡赢得了该项目的首枚奖牌。

首次参加亚运会的特奥在四分之一决赛中以 3-0 击败了伊朗选手阿雷祖·萨利米加莱赫塔基。

由于两名半决赛失利的选手都获得了铜牌，这一结果确保了张至少获得一枚铜牌，并使她成为新加坡首位获得亚运会综合格斗奖牌的选手。

这一成就的取得，正值亚运会首次将综合格斗纳入比赛项目之际。

CNA游戏 猜词游戏 逐行破解单词 流行词游戏 用给定的字母组成单词 迷你数独 小小的谜题，强大的脑力挑战 迷你填字游戏 小方格，大挑战 单词搜索 尽可能多地找出单词 显示更多 显示更少 这位36岁的选手将在周一的半决赛中迎战印度选手苏奇卡·塔里亚尔。塔里亚尔在周日早些时候的四分之一决赛中以2-0击败蒙古选手阿尔坦奇梅格·拜加尔玛，晋级四强，同时也为印度赢得了首枚亚运会综合格斗奖牌。特奥和塔里亚尔之间的胜者将晋级周二举行的决赛。综合格斗是2026年爱知-名古屋亚运会上首次亮相的六个项目之一。其他项目包括自由式小轮车、板式网球、冲浪、特克球和虚拟跆拳道。

这位36岁的选手将在周一的半决赛中对阵印度选手苏奇卡·塔里亚尔。

塔里亚尔在周日早些时候的四分之一决赛中以 2-0 击败蒙古选手阿尔坦奇梅格·拜加尔玛，晋级四强，同时也为印度赢得了第一枚亚运会综合格斗奖牌。

Teo 和 Tariyal 之间的胜者将晋级周二举行的决赛。

综合格斗是将在2026年爱知-名古屋亚运会上首次亮相的六个体育项目之一。其他五个项目分别是自由式小轮车、板式网球、冲浪、特克球和虚拟跆拳道。

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