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From Elmi Rizal Elias
PHNOM PENH, Might 15 (Bernama) — The Malaysian contingent’s probabilities of attaining occasion the modest goal of 40 gold medals at the 2023 Cambodia SEA Video games appears unattainable with solely two days of competitors remaining earlier than the video games attracts down its curtain on Wednesday (Might 17).
Although on paper there are two days to go, competitions for medals come to an in depth tomorrow which is the penultimate day as the ultimate day has been reserved for the closing ceremony.
After 10 days of competitors, the Malaysian contingent has managed to win 30 gold 42 silver and 85 bronze, which on a share foundation is simply 75 % of the goal.
The 30-gold medal amassed over the ten days noticed Malaysia stay in seventh spot and by the appears of what’s been achieved to this point, even surpassing Singapore could be an unattainable process because the republic state which is just similar to a single state within the peninsula has managed to build up 45 gold, 38 silver and 57 bronze to seize sixth spot.
The present seventh place is actually unchartered territory for Malaysia because the nation had all the time completed among the many high 5 within the medal tally.
Malaysia has solely been in such a predicament twice within the historical past of the SEA Video games, particularly a sixth place end throughout the 1983 version in Singapore and Hanoi, Vietnam final 12 months.
In all of at the moment’s competitions, taekwondo saved the blushes on a quite dry day when taekwondo exponent Muhammad Syafiq Zuber lifted the gloom by taking the gold medal within the males’s under-80kg to present the Malaysian contingent it’s thirtieth gold medal.
Tomorrow, the nation’s medal focus shall be on hockey the place Malaysian women and men have certified for the ultimate whereas medal hopes may even hinge on sepak takraw (inter-regu), desk tennis and badminton.
Malaysians may even see motion in dance sport, conventional boat race and kick boxing.
In the meantime, after 10 days of competitors, Vietnam has topped itself as the general champion after accumulating 123 gold, 100 silver and 97 bronze, adopted by Thailand 94-76-93, whereas Indonesia are in third spot with 74-66-92.
— BERNAMA
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