News alert on 31 July 2007

Hup Wei eyes Beijing berth
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
His performance equalled the national record of 2.24m sets by Loo Kum Zee in the 1995 Chiang Mai SEA Games. Hup Wei said in a telephone interview that he ...
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Bribes not for me
Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore
Like, for instance, the offer of bribes and death threats at both the 2003 SEA Games in Vietnam and the Asian Games in Doha last year. ...
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Thanh Hang takes bronze medal in 1500m race
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
This time is poorer than her personal record at the 23 rd SEA Games: 4.18.50 minutes. India's Minimol Paulose and Bahrain's Sara Bekheet won the gold and ...
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LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 29/7
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
Giang, citing article 59 of the SEA Games regulations, said all member nations' Olympic committees had the broadcasting rights to the games. ...
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127 bets seeking more SEAG slots
INQ7.net - Philippines
"The result of the tests should be tantamount to a SEA Games bronze medal. Otherwise, we'll just send them home," said Garcia. ...
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Skuad negara sasar kemenangan tanpa Josiah

KUALA LUMPUR – Temasya Sukan SEA Korat pada Disember ini menyaksikan skuad lumba basikal negara meletakkan sasaran meraih lebih daripada empat emas tetapi tanpa kehadiran jaguh acara pecut dan keirin, Josiah Ng.

Atas kertas, ketiadaan Josiah boleh dianggap kontinjen negara sudah pun kehilangan dua emas memandangkan pelumba itu tiada tandingan di rantau Asia Tenggara.

Namun, Persekutuan Kebangsaan Berbasikal Malaysia (PKBM) tetap percaya mereka mampu memperbaiki pencapaian empat pingat emas pada Sukan SEA di Manila pada 2005 walaupun tanpa Josiah.

Presiden PKBM, Abu Samah Wahab berkata, nama Josiah terpaksa digugurkan dalam senarai yang dihantar ke Jawatankuasa Pemilihan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) ke Sukan SEA, semalam atas permintaan pelumba itu sendiri.

“Josiah mahu memberikan tumpuan memungut mata untuk membolehkannya melayakkan diri ke Sukan Olimpik Beijing tahun depan.

“Jadi dia akan menyertai banyak kejohanan di Eropah termasuk ketika Sukan SEA di Korat berlangsung,” katanya.

Sehubungan itu, Abu Samah berkata, pihaknya meletakkan sasaran kepada enam acara lain untuk membawa pulang lebih daripada empat emas.

Acara-acara itu ialah lebuh raya individu lelaki dan wanita, 3km kejar mengejar individu lelaki, kejar mengejar berpasukan lelaki, pecut Olimpik lelaki dan 1km ujian masa individu lelaki.

“Tahun ini kita menghantar pelumba paling ramai dalam sejarah Sukan SEA iaitu 22 lelaki dan lapan wanita.

“Kita percaya kesemuanya akan pergi di bawah kategori A kerana kebanyakan pelumba berbekalkan rekod pencapaian yang baik.

“Di samping itu kita juga mempertahankan pingat emas dalam empat acara iaitu lebuh raya lelaki dan wanita, pecut Olimpik dan kejar mengejar berpasukan,” tambahnya.

Selain acara lebuh raya dan trek katanya, PKBM juga berusaha menyenaraikan empat pelumba basikal bukit ke Sukan SEA.

“Bagaimanapun pemergian mereka bergantung kepada pencapaian di kejohanan Asia di Shanghai, China dari 2-6 Ogos ini,” ujar Abu Samah.

Sebanyak enam pelumba basikal bukit akan berlepas ke Shanghai hari ini yang dijadikan medan kelayakan ke Sukan SEA.

Mereka ialah J.R. Stanley, Shahrin Amir, Ghazali Hakiki, Mohd. Hafiz Rosli (lelaki), Masziaton Mohd. Radzi dan Junaidah Juss (wanita).

Berita Harian

Detik penentuan buat 3 penembak

Bibiana, Joceline, Siti Marsitah debar menunggu hukuman daripada ISAF minggu ini

MINGGU ini menjadi detik penuh debaran untuk tiga penembak negara, Bibiana Ng, Joceline Cheah dan Siti Nur Marsitah Mohd Badrin, sama ada mereka hanya dihukum enam bulan dan dapat beraksi di Sukan Sea Korat atau sebaliknya.

Segala-galanya bergantung kepada perkhabaran daripada Persekutuan Sukan Menembak Antarabangsa (ISAF) sama ada mahu memperakukan tempoh penggantungan yang dicadangkan Persatuan Menembak Kebangsaan Malaysia (NSAM).

Enam bulan penggantungan kerana sampel air kencing positif mengandungi bahan terlarang, adalah tempoh paling minimum untuk seseorang atlit berbanding dua tahun tempoh maksimum.

“Kami sudah mengemukakan bukti kukuh seperti yang dikehendaki jawatankuasa tiga pihak anti-doping kebangsaan. Memang pada mulanya mereka menolak keputusan yang kami buat sebelum ini tetapi selepas beberapa pindaan, mereka memperakukannya.

“Ekoran itu, kami sudah pun menghantar keputusan berkenaan kepada badan induk antarabangsa minggu lalu untuk diperakukan. Kebiasaannya mereka akan menerima keputusan ahli gabungan,” kata Setiausaha Eksekutif NSAM, Mejar (B) Jasni Shaari.

Kenyataan itu harus membawa khabar gembira untuk ketiga-tiga penembak terbabit dan NSAM yang kelihatan yakin, turut menamakan mereka untuk disenaraikan ke Korat, bersama penembak lain termasuk Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, Hasli Izwan Amir Hasan dan Shahera Rahim Raja.

“Memang kebiasaannya mereka menerima keputusan kecuali ada bantahan daripada pihak tertentu,” katanya sambil menegaskan, antara inti pati keputusan panel siasatan NSAM adalah penembak terbabit mengambil dadah itu tanpa disedari mereka.

Ditanya apakah ini bermakna NSAM sudah mengenal pasti dan bakal mengambil tindakan terhadap dalang kes itu, Jasni berkata, segala-galanya menunggu perakuan daripada ISAF.

“Kami tunggu dulu keputusan mereka, mungkin dalam sehari dua lagi dan hanya selepas itu kami akan mengambil tindakan lanjut,” katanya.

Ketiga-tiga pembidik negara itu dalam keterangan mereka, menyatakan mereka tidak menyedari ada bahan terlarang dimasukkan ke dalam coklat mereka sebelum pertandingan menembak Mac lalu, yang menyebabkan sampel air kencing mereka positif doping.

Menerusi sampel air kencing itu, pihak terbabit mengesan kesan dadah, jenis propanolol yang digunakan pesakit jantung bagi mengurangkan perasaan berdebar dan gemuruh. Ketiga-tiga penembak terbabit turut membuat laporan polis mengenai perkara itu dalam usaha membersihkan imej mereka.

Tengku Adnan: We can retain gold

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia have a fighting chance to retain the regu gold medal in the Korat SEA Games in December despite having a relatively young set of players.

The sepaktakraw team's coaching chairman Tengku Adnan Tengku Burhanuddin said the odds would be stacked heavily against them after surprising fancied Thailand at the Manila SEA Games in 2005.

“There is no doubt the Thais have the edge over us in terms of skills and experience but there is still a fighting chance for our boys in Korat,” said Tengku Adnan, on the progress of the Malaysian team playing in the on-going International Grand Prix sepaktakraw championships.

After the opening three legs of the inaugural championship since last month, the Malaysian regu's have claimed several podium finishes, including emerging champions in the second leg of the circuit in Kuala Lumpur. They finished runners-up twice to the Thais in the opening leg in Johor and the third leg in Penang.

The nine teams involved in the five legs of the championship are Canada, Myanmar, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, China, Laos, Vietnam and Malaysia.

The Star 30 July 2007

Sea Games: High expectations from Korat contingent

SPORTS Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said is confident that Malaysia will win more than the projected target of 61 gold medals at the Korat Sea Games on Dec 6-15.

"As we will probably be sending our biggest ever Sea Games contingent to Korat, I believe we should surpass the gold medal target," Azalina told reporters after launching the FitKid World Championships at Stadium Putra in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

"However, we need to take into account several aspects before taking for granted that a bigger contingent will ensure a bigger haul.

"The number of athletes will be bigger this time around but some of them will be competing in Korat for exposure purposes. It will be good that if they can also win medals.

"However, we will send out best athletes as the expectations of the general public is high," she said.
Azalina also said it will be tough for the Malaysian athletes to pose serious challenges in several events in which the host country excels in.

"Some events which we are strong in have been dropped but that does not mean Malaysia will not achieve or surpass the medal target. We have other events which we are good enough to win gold medals."

Meanwhile, Azalina said the Ministry has identified several strategies to inculcate a sporting culture among school children.

"One of it is the probability of hosting a FitKid national championships next year. As not much facilities are needed for FitKid competitions, we will also introduce the sport in schools," she said.

New Straits Times 30 July 2007

News alert on 28 July 2007

SEAG cage gold a must for RP 5, says Romero
INQ7.net - Philippines
Last year, Manila was SEA Games host for the third time but basketball was scrapped because of a Fiba (international basketball federation) suspension which ...
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Athletics: Malaysians fail to shine
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Anointed as the successor to national record holder Loo Kum Zee and to carry on Malaysia's proud high jump tradition at the Sea Games, Hup Wei failed ...
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Football: Thais turn down Merdeka tourney, Maldives to come instead
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Hosts Malaysia will be field the national Under-23 team under coach B. Sathianathan to prepare them for the Korat SEA Games in December. ...
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Former sprint queen to lead dash to success
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Marina is best remembered for bagging seven gold medals, three silvers and a bronze in five consecutive Southeast Asia (Sea) Games in the 1970s. ...
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958 Vietnamese athletes to participate in 24th SEA Games
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Olympic Committee has finalised the list of members of the Vietnamese sports delegation to the 24 th SEA Games in Thailand ...
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Experience in athletics helps build competitiveness
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
The eldest of four siblings went on to pursue equestrian sports and won a bronze medal at the Chiangmai SEA Games in 1995 and silver medal in the Asian ...
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MTA galas tugas sediakan pasukan ke Sukan Sea

PERSATUAN Taekwando Malaysia (MTA) mempunyai tanggungjawab yang besar untuk segera menyediakan atlit bersaing di peringkat antarabangsa termasuk menyediakan pasukan untuk Sukan Sea di Korat, kelak.

Sambil mengalu-alukan kehadiran MTA selepas dua tahun pertubuhan itu digantung oleh Pesuruhjaya Sukan, Presiden Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Tan Sri Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar berkata, persatuan itu perlu melupakan segala episod hitam bagi memboehkan atlit mereka bersaing di kancah antarabangsa.

“Mereka perlu melupakan segala permasalahan dalaman sebelum ini serta memberikan sepenuhnya tumpuan terhadap usaha melahirkan atlit yang berwibawa dan pada masa sama diharapkan semua pihak yang bertelingkah akan kembali di bawah satu bumbung,” katanya.

Sebelum ini, Presiden MTA, Kam Phaw Ho, menyeru semua persatuan atau kelab taekwando yang berpisah daripada MTA supaya kembali ke pangkuan persatuan demi kemajuan sukan itu.

“Menurut aku janji kita dengan Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Azalina Othman, kita sedia menggugurkan kes lama, menerima semula anggota gabungan selain mempersiapkan kembali atlit bagi membolehkan MTA kembali berfungsi.

“Selain itu, kita juga sudah mendapat pengiktirafan daripada Persekutuan Taekwando Dunia (WTF) menerusi surat bertarikh 24 Julai lalu untuk menjadi badan induk tunggal sukan ini di Malaysia,” katanya.

Ho juga berharap, semua pihak yang terbabit dalam persengketaan sebelum ini melupakan kisah silam dan kembali ke meja rundingan dengan menyertai MTA sebagai ahli gabungan.

“Sebagai ahli gabungan mereka mempunyai hak mengundi dan menyertai proses pemilihan. Kita sudah menghantar surat pelawaan itu sejak 9 Julai lalu sejurus dimaklumkan bahawa penggantungan sukan taekwando sudah ditarik balik,” katanya.

Awal minggu ini, Ketua Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara, Datuk Zolkples Embong, berkata sejajar dengan keputusan Pesuruhjaya Sukan yang mengiktiraf semula MTA, persatuan itu perlu segera menjalankan tanggungjawabnya mengendalikan atlit.

“Sebagai menghormati keputusan yang dibuat MSN akan bekerjasama dengan MTA dalam penyediaan atlit dan segera meneliti segala keperluan mereka demi menjamin kejayaan atlit negara,” katanya yang mengulas mengenai nasib malang persatuan sukan itu yang tidak pernah gagal menyumbang pingat untuk negara di Sukan Sea.

Berita Harian 29 July 2007

News alert on 27 July 2007

Hup Wei Leaps To Gold In Amman
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Hup Wei's height in Amman also equalled the 2.24m national record held by Loo Kum Zee who set the mark at the 1995 Chiang Mai SEA Games in Thailand and went ...
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Athletics: Historic win by Hup Wei
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 1 hour ago
By AFTAR SINGH KUALA LUMPUR: High jumper Lee Hup Wei leapt into history when he became the first Malaysian to win a gold medal in the field event in the ...

High jumper Hup Wei first Malaysian to get gold at Asian meet
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 17 hours ago
By AFTAR SINGH KUALA LUMPUR: High jumper Lee Hup Wei created history by becoming the first Malaysian athlete to win a gold medal at the Asian Track and ...

24th SEA Games: no broadcasting monopoly
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - Under the rule set by the organising board of the 24 th SEA Games, the broadcasting right for this event belongs to the Olympic ...
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High hopes for Perez, divers
Sun.Star - Philippines
The divers were part of the team that left for China three weeks ago," said Garcia, who is chairman of the POC-PSC Task Force SEA Games. ...
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News alert on 26 July 2007

RP XI can still compete in SEA Games 2007: Monico
Sun.Star - Philippines
The solon said football and volleyball will most likely get the axe since baseball won the gold medal during the last SEA Games in Manila while both ...
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All Vietnamese channels can broadcast SEA games
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Chairman Hoang Vinh Giang cited article 59 of SEA Games Regulations that says television rights are to be distributed by the National Olympic Committees of ...
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News Alert on 24 July 2007

Olympic team gears up for SEA Games
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
... loss in the Asian Cup quarter-finals, officials and players said they now had to prepare for another big challenge at this year's end: the SEA Games. ...
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Football: U-23 squad to represent Malaysia in Merdeka tourney
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
By ERIC SAMUEL PETALING JAYA: The national Under-23 squad preparing for the Korat SEA Games in December will be participating in the 39th Merdeka Tournament ...
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News Alert on 23 July 2007

Buenavista stamps class at Milo Marathon
Manila Standard Today - Philippines
And to top it all, the three-time SEA Games gold medal winner ran the 42-kilometer distance race in sweltering heat that had him feeling dizzy with still 10 ...
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Young Vietnamese footballers have full schedule ahead
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
The same youngsters will compete in the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in December. In the Olympic qualifiers, Vietnam will battle group C members Japan, ...
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'Football, baseball teams can still make Thai SEAG'
Visayan Daily Star - Dumaguete City,Philippines
The Philippine Volleyball Federation has already decided not to field any team in the SEA Games because it has failed to form a competitive squad and has ...
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Korat-bound athletes complete motivational camp in Malacca

JOHOR BARU: A total of 41 athletes who have been shortlisted to represent Malaysia in aquatics, fencing and bodybuilding at the SEA Games in Korat, Thailand, completed their first phase of motivational training at a camp in Asahan, Malacca, yesterday.

The three-day camp organised by the National Sports Council (NSC) was led by the head of the NSC’s Welfare Department, Zaiton Othman.

According to NSC’s media relations manager Fahmi Omar, the camp was part of NSC’s programmes and activities to build esprit de corps before the Games in December.

“It’s also to motivate the athletes to do their best at the Games,” said Fahmi.

“Although not all of them will be selected by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) to compete in the Games, the experience would be invaluable for them,” he said, adding that more such camps would be held to ensure all Games-bound athletes got a chance to participate in it. – Bernama

News Alert on 20 July 2007

Bernard peaking nicely for Seasa and SEA Games
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Bernard has qualified for the SEA Games in December by meeting the 115 mark in a competition in England recently. Besides aiming to strike in the two ...
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News Alert on 19 July 2007

SAA to offer shot put record-holder new contract
Channel News Asia - Singapore
The new terms are more structured, with key performance indicators such as good performances at the SEA Games, Asian Championships and World Championships ...
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Shooter ready to bid for first SEA Games gold
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
... gold in the South-east Asian Shooting Championships and Thailand SEA Games by winning the County Championships in United Kingdom last weekend. ...
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Bola sepak ke Korat samar

MOM buat penentuan kelayakan skuad negara dalam mesyuarat akhir bulan ini

STATUS skuad bola sepak negara untuk tampil beraksi di Sukan Sea 2007 di Korat, Disember ini dalam serba kegelapan ketika ini andai berpandu kepada prestasi buruk dipersembahkan dalam kancah Piala Asia yang sedang berlangsung ketika ini di Kuala Lumpur.

Kehadiran pemain negara bakal mempunyai kesan besar apabila jawatankuasa pemilihan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) mengadakan mesyuaratnya, akhir bulan ini.

Presiden MOM, Tan Sri Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar, berkata persembahan buruk skuad kebangsaan di Piala Asia akan memberi kesan kepada pemilihan walaupun beliau tidak membayangkan apakah bentuk keputusan yang diambil nanti.

“Keputusan buruk bola sepak di Piala Asia akan membawa kesan kepada bola sepak untuk beraksi di Sukan Sea,” kata Tunku Imran pada sidang media selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat lembaga eksekutif di Wisma MOM, semalam.

“MOM akan mempertimbangkan segala faktor sebelum membuat keputusan dan saya pasti semua pihak mahukan yang terbaik untuk bola sepak,” kata Tunku Imran.

Ditanya apakah MOM akan menuntut jaminan daripada FAM bahawa skuad bola sepak kebangsaan Bawah 23 Tahun yang akan beraksi di Korat tidak akan memalukan kontinjen negara, Tunku Imran berkata, ia akan diputuskan kemudian.

Bola sepak pada Sukan Sea Korat Disember ini akan menampilkan saingan B-23 dan ketika ini tampak Vietnam pasukan pilihan kerana memiliki skuad Olimpik yang mara ke pusingan akhir kelayakan zon Asia.

Selain itu penampilan memberangsangkan Thailand dan Indonesia turut menjadi prospek menggerunkan mengenai apa yang bakal diterima skuad B-23 Malaysia kendalian B Sathianathan.

Menyentuh mengenai FAM, Tunku Imran berkata, badan induk bola sepak perlu melakukan perubahan total, satu anjakan paradigma dan bukan sekadar melakukan pelarasan atau pembaharuan kecil.

“FAM perlu melalui perubahan sepenuhnya termasuk strukturnya,” kata Tunku Imran. “Mereka melakukan kajian mengenal pasti punca kepada semua kemerosotan bola sepak negara dan masalah yang mereka hadapi cukup besar.

“FAM tidak boleh melakukan perubahan kecil dan selain itu semua pembaharuan yang perlu dilakukan ialah untuk jangka masa panjang, bukan dilakukan secara sementara.

“Saya juga berpendapat FAM perlu membabitkan pihak lain seperti kerajaan untuk membantu mereka menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi kerana badan induk itu tidak boleh bertindak berseorangan... mereka memerlukan pertolongan,” kata Tunku Imran.

Berita Harian

News Alert on 17 July 2007

Negros athletic aces brace for Asian meet
Visayan Daily Star - Dumaguete City,Philippines
"I really want to improve on my performance because the SEA Games is just a few months away," he told the DAILY STAR last night. ...
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Negrense pool standout shocks SEA Games double gold medalist
Sun.Star - Philippines
By Henry C. Villalva JARRY Pelayo of the Negros Billiards Stable upset Amway World Women's runner-up and 2005 Southeast Asian Games double gold medalist ...
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Makaf set two-gold medal target in World Cup
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
There are 17 kumite exponents (nine men and seven women) in the national training squad preparing for the SEA Games in Thailand in December and they are ...
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Shooting: Shahera grabs opening day honours with new national mark
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
With her impressive showing yesterday, Shahera has now sparked hopes of Malaysia winning a gold medal in this event at the Korat SEA Games in December. ...
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Korat Games will be safe for athletes, says Thai official

Malaysia Star

- Jul 13, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: Hosts Thailand have given assurance that the Korat SEA Games from Dec 6-15 will be safe for athletes and officials. ...

Tight security expected at Korat SEA Games

New Straits Times

, Malaysia

- Jul 12, 2007

THE Korat SEA Games, to be held on Dec 6-15, a week after Thailand’s general election, is expected to see army personnel maintaining tight security at the ...

Shooting: Hasli misses gold in pistol event by just one point

Malaysia Star

- Jul 15, 2007

Hasli is Malaysia's best bet for gold medals at the Korat Games in December and also a contender for a place in next year's Beijing Olympics.

Koo staking claim for Wushu berth in Korat SEA Games

Malaysia Star

- Jul 03, 2007

PETALING JAYA: Wushu exponent Koo Chee Zhong will be staking a claim for a place in the team for the Korat SEA Games after a standout performance for ...

Laos hires Vietnamese coaches in preparation for SEA Games
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
The 24th SEA Games will attract the participation of around 660 Lao officials and athletes who will compete in 24 sports, the largest number so far. ...
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Women target SEA Games gold medals
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
The Vietnam women's wrestling team is aiming to win three gold medals at the 24th SEA Games in Thailand this December, according to the team's training ...
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Auckland drub Thai SEA Games side
Bangkok Post - Thailand
The visiting Auckland team beat the Thai SEA Games side 98-24 in three 15-minute quarters of tens rugger and a quarter of sevens action yesterday. ...
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News Alert on 11 July 2007

Women wrestlers target SEA Games gold
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
The 24th SEA Games, scheduled from November 29 to December 13, will be the largest in its history with 43 events and 488 sets of medals to be won. ...
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Rugby magic at Vajiravudh ground today
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Thai fans will be given a rare insight into Auckland's rugby magic this morning at the Vajiravudh ground when they take on Thailand's SEA Games team at 11 ...
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Hopes ride on track cyclists at SEA games
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - The capital's strack cycling team expect to represent Viet Nam in the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Thailand this December. ...
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Laos hires Vietnam coaches to prepare for SEA Games
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
... Russia, Cuba, Indonesia, Mongolia, Japan, and Thailand. Laos plans to send around 660 officials and athletes to the SEA Games to participate in 24 sports.
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Bowling: SEA Games bonus for outstanding junior bowlers
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
And I will name some of the bowlers for the SEA Games at the Asian youth meet. "Bowlers selected from the Asian school squad for the youth meet will have an ...
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OCM Wants Names Of Team Managers For SEA Games By Month End

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) wants the National Sports Associations (NSAs) to name their team managers for the Korat SEA Games in Thailand by end of this month.

SEA Games chef-de-mission Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad said the respective sports associations had been asked to submit names of their team managers by July 31 to help the OCM in the task ahead.

"Since we are taking part in 40 out of 43 sports contested and Malaysia will be sending a big contingent, we have to plan well in advance," he said today.

The OCM had submitted an initial list of 1,170 athletes and officials for the Korat SEA Games before the deadline for `entry by numbers' on July 8.

However, the final figure may not be 1,170 when the OCM submits the `entry by names' before the Oct 8 deadline.

On the preparations for the Games, to be held from Dec 6 to 15, Zainal said that since the athletes had been training locally and in foreign countries, all that needed to be done now was to boost their morale through the psychological approach.

"My aim is to give them the psychological edge when they go into competition as they have already been training very hard for the event. I also want to emphasise discipline and dedication.

"Being national athletes, they should display a high level of discipline and be aware of their responsibilities to the country. On our part, we need to give them moral support and motivation to boost their level of concentration to win medals," he said.

Zainal said he would start his rounds of the respective sports soon to see the athletes in training and listen to their views on their preparations for the Games.

As for targets, Zainal feels that the Malaysian contingent should perform better than in the 2005 Manila SEA Games.

Malaysia finished fourth in Manila with 61 gold, 49 silver and 60 bronze medals.

-- BERNAMA

News Alert on 8 July 2007

Cuesports targeting 3 gold medals for 2007 SEA Games
Channel News Asia - Singapore
The Singaporean team is hoping to better the 2005 SEA Games record of one gold medal this year. And with more talent and a new leadership in charge, ...
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600 atlit, 200 pegawai ke Korat

Kontinjen terbesar negara pernah dihantar menyertai kejohanan Sukan Sea

SUKAN Sea XXIV di Korat, Thailand penghujung tahun ini bakal menyaksikan jumlah kontinjen terbesar negara pernah dihantar dengan anggaran kekuatan 600 atlit dan 200 pegawai menyertai dalam kemungkinan 39 daripada 43 sukan yang dipertandingkan.

Ini menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan kontinjen negara hampir 900 orang termasuk atlit, pegawai dan anggota sokongan yang akan bersaing dalam temasya yang berlangsung dari 6 hingga 15 Disember ini.

Malah jika penyertaan berdasarkan angka yang dikemukakan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) kepada Jawatankuasa Penganjur Sukan Sea XXIV, Malaysia menyenaraikan sejumlah 1,002 atlit dan pegawai.

“Berdasarkan senarai awal penyertaan mengikut angka, jumlahnya melebihi 1,000 orang iaitu atlit, pegawai dan anggota sokongan,” kata Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi semalam. “Ia hanya angka awal dan ia akan berkurangan, saya rasa sekitar 700 hingga 900 atlit dan pegawai.

“Tetapi ia masih lagi jumlah tertinggi kontinjen negara yang akan menyertai Sukan Sea kerana jenis sukan dan acara yang dipertandingkan kali ini.

“Daripada 43 sukan dipertandingkan, Malaysia tidak akan menyertai gusti, muay Thai, taekwondo dan lumba bot tradisional,” katanya.

Penyertaan terbesar Malaysia ialah pada Sukan Sea XXI di Kuala Lumpur pada 2001 dengan lebih 700 atlit dan pegawai.

Bagi penyertaan sebenar untuk kelayakan atlit, MOM akan mengadakan sesi pemilihan pada 28 dan 29 Julai ini dengan syarat catatan tempat kedua menjadi penanda aras kelayakan.

‘Jumlah tinggi kontinjen adalah kerana ada atlit dipilih berdasarkan kepada kategori B selain daripada sukan yang dipertandingkan bertambah,” kata Kok Chi.

Mengenai persediaan tuan rumah, Thailand menghadapi temasya ini, Kok Chi berkata pihaknya tidak mendapat apa-apa maklumat daripada penganjur.

“MOM belum dimaklumkan mengenai persediaan tuan rumah terutama membabitkan penginapan, pengangkutan dan gelanggang.

“Apapun, semua ini mungkin akan terjawab apabila wakil Majlis Olimpik Thailand, Charouk Arirachakaran hadir di Kuala Lumpur Khamis depan untuk menyerah surat jemputan penyertaan Sukan Sea secara rasmi.

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