June 14, 10:49 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 His opponent? A world champion.
His foot? Badly cut during the match, leaving a trail of blood strewn across the mat.
With such odds stacked heavily against him, it's little wonder why Silat exponent Muhammad Nur Alfian Juma'en was esctatic when he beat world champion Vietnam's Tran Dinh Nam in the tanding Class F (70-75kg) final on Sunday evening.
And as Majulah Singapura filled the Singapore Expo hall, Nur Alfian couldn't hold back any longer.
He was in tears through out. Check out the victory ceremony:
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According to The Straits Times, his gold - also Team Singapore's only gold in Silat - was the 80th one.
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Posted by Lawrence Wong on Sunday, 14 June 2015
Even The Straits Times was probably glad that it was wrong.
Source: The Straits Times
Their ambitious prediction of 80 gold medals was actually an underestimate.
That the 80th gold came after so much blood, sweat and tears. You couldn't write the script any better.
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