KUALA LUMPUR: National back-up squad bowler Khoo Beng Khai, 20, died of heart failure after collapsing at the National Sports Council (NSC) car park in Bukit Jalil here late Wednesday.
NSC director-general Datuk Zolkples Embong said Khoo had collapsed while trying to park his car at 11.45pm, after returning from supper with fellow bowlers.
"I was told that Khoo had just returned from supper at a nearby restaurant with four fellow bowlers. During the incident, the friends panicked when Khoo suddenly collapsed.
"They managed to stop the car by applying the emergency brake (hand brake) before calling an ambulance," Zolkples told reporters Thursday after paying his last respects at the Serdang Hospital.
Khoo was pronounced dead at 1.15am after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts failed to revive him.
Zolkples said Khoo had not shown any signs of health problems because a medical check up done two months ago was good.
"Khoo demise is a big loss to bowling because he was a very determined and committed bowler who had vast potential and could have gone far," he said.
Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress honorary secretary Sidney Tung said the body of Khoo would be taken to his home town in Penang for burial on Saturday.
Khoo, the youngest of three children, joined the back-up squad training programme in 2009.
He won the Youth Open at the 34th Canon Malaysia International Open Championships this year as well as the 11th Milo International Junior All Stars Bowling Championships in 2010. - Bernama
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