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Barnama
5 days ago
- Sport
- Barnama
NSA Has Duty To Find Additional Funding And Not Just Rely On Allocation From NSC
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Bernama) -- The National Sports Council (MSN) has approved an allocation of RM334,020 for the women's rugby team in their preparation for the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand this December. The NSC announced today that the allocation comprise a full-time central training package at the Petaling Jaya Cobra Club, allowances for players and coaches, purchase of equipment and participation in overseas tournaments. The NSC therefore, refuted the claim by rugby team manager that the allocation channelled to his team was insufficient and viewed his statement implying the meagre funding was inappropriate. bootstrap slideshow 'The amount of allocation provided is in line with the performance assessment of the current sports. Currently, the NSC is managing the programme for preparation of athletes towards the SEA Games,' it said in a statement. The Thailand SEA Games involves 40 types of sports that need full-time training and also phased training. 'Therefore, it is certain that the NSC will have to focus more on sports with medal prospects, especially gold medals at the 2025 SEA Games,' added the statement. The NSC issued the statement in response to an allegation by team manager Tan Thiam Jin that his team's preparations were at a worrying level, following the fact that the NSC-approved funds only covered training in phases for 14 days and one match over a nine-month period, which was published by a local media organisation yesterday. The council informed that National Sports Associations (NSA) also have the responsibility to find additional funds if there are other costs required by the national squad without pointing fingers at the NSC. -- BERNAMA
New Straits Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Malaysia to send massive bodybuilding squad to Thailand
KUALA LUMPUR: National coach Datuk Syarul Azman Mahen Abdullah is looking forward to fielding the largest-ever Malaysian bodybuilding contingent in an international competition. He is expecting to send 40 athletes to represent Malaysia at the Asian and Southeast Asian Championships in Bangkok on Aug 18-25. Syarul said the squad will be composed of both old and new faces. "This year, Thailand has decided to host both the Southeast Asian as well as the Asian Championships together," said Syarul recently. "This is the first time Malaysia is sending this many athletes to a competition. "When I was still competing, we would only send eight to 10 athletes at most. "It is exciting but also challenging at the same time. It is not easy to guide 40 athletes who each have different requirements. "From the 40 athletes, some of them are paying out of their own pockets to compete in Bangkok as they have never represented the country before. "For those who have strong track records, they are sponsored by the National Sports Council." Syarul, who retired from competitive bodybuilding last year after winning six World Championship titles, expects the contingent to win at least two gold medals in the Asian Championships. "It is a bit hard to predict who will win the medals because we have a number of athletes with strong potential to do so," said Syarul. "I am hoping at least two of them will win in their categories." Among those expected to shine for Malaysia at the Asian meet includes, Meilura Dora Jimmy, Philomena Dexclyn Siar, Zmarul Al Adam Pulutan Abdullah and Faiz Ariffin who have all tasted success at the international level before.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Olympian Noraseela Khalid welcomes Malaysia's move to reconnect with German athletics
Noraseela Khalid nearly missed the chance to compete in the 2008 Olympics as she contemplated giving up her athletics career in 2003. However, a decision to send her and several other athletes to train in Germany breathed new life into her career, helping her set a 400m hurdles record of 56.02s in Regensburg, Germany, on June 17, 2006 – a record that still stands. Thus, she is excited to learn that National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Jefri Ngadirin had discussions about sending Malaysian athletes to train in Germany. 'I cherish my time training in Germany as it made me a better athlete and person,' said Noraseela, who speaks fluent German and completed a sports psychology course in Germany. 'I'm sad that the partnership and cooperation between the two countries didn't continue, but I'm hoping it will be rekindled.' Besides Noraseela, other Malaysian athletes who benefited from training in Germany in the early 2000s were Moh Siew Wei, Malik Tobias and Zaiful Zainal Abidin. High jumper Nauraj Singh had set up base in Germany before retiring in 2023. Noraseela said training in Germany under Idriss Gonschinska revitalised her career. 'I first broke the national record in 1999, but after several more record-breaking years, I felt my career had stagnated. I was considering giving up athletics due to a lack of support,' said Noraseela, who went on to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. 'The opportunity to train in Germany with Idriss was a turning point. In three months, I lowered my national record from 58.77s to 56.90s. Imagine how much faster I could have run if I had gone there sooner. 'I trained under Idriss for four years. He made me a better hurdler, and I went on to compete at the 2012 London Olympics.' Although proud that her time remains in the record books, it doesn't bring Noraseela any joy. 'It is a shame that no one has come close to breaking my record. I'm still the only Malaysian woman to run the 400m hurdles in under a minute,' said Noraseela, who recently reunited with Gonschinska, now the chief executive officer of the German Athletics Association (DLV). Gonschinska was in Malaysia with a 50-strong German contingent that trained at Alice Smith International School in Kuala Lumpur for three weeks ahead of last weekend's World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China – a qualifying event for the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from Sept 13-21. The training stint was made possible with the help of Malaysian Athletics vice-president and coaching chairman Datuk Mark Ling. The team included bronze medal-winning members of the women's 4x100m relay team from the Paris Olympic Games – Sophia Junk, Lisa Mayer and Rebekka Haase – and the men's 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams, who earned bronze at the European Championships in Rome last year. 'It was great meeting my former coach and other familiar faces from my time in Germany,' said Noraseela, president of the Malaysia Olympians Association. 'I hope to see more Malaysians training in Germany in the coming years and breaking the long-standing records we set when we trained there.' Besides Noraseela, two other athletics records set by athletes during their training stint in Germany, which have yet to be broken, are Moh Siew Wei's 100m hurdles time of 13.27s set in 2004 and Malik Tobias' decathlon mark of 7,095 points in 2003. 'It makes me wonder how much better off Malaysian athletics would have been if we had continued our friendship with the German association,' said Noraseela. 'Hopefully, the office bearers within Malaysian Athletics can work with the relevant authorities to help our athletes rise again.'
Borneo Post
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Borneo Post
S'wakian hammer thrower Grace Wong eyes breaking 60m mark in quest for Asian medal (Video)
(From left) Grace poses with gold medallist Taehui Kim from Korea and bronze medallist Hiu Ki Tam from Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships. – Screengrab from Facebook/Olahraga Malaysia/Malaysia Athletics KUCHING (May 16): National hammer thrower Grace Wong Xiu Mei has set her sights on breaking the 60-metre mark and achieve a podium finish at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea on May 27-31. The 25-year-old athlete from Sarikei threw 57.99m at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships last weekend for the silver medal. However, this was poorer than her personal national record of 62.48m and best score of 58.91m this season at the Philippines Athletics Championships early this month. 'Although I won the silver medal, I know I can do better. Currently, I am just maintaining my basic form and am not at my peak yet. 'I have the next two weeks to adjust and improve. I will focus on strengthening my strength and technique. I hope to make a breakthrough in the Asian Championships and even compete for a medal,' said Grace, who is ranked 219 globally for women's hammer throw, in an interview. In 2015, at the young age of 15, Grace represented Malaysia at the Wuhan Asian Athletics Championships and ranked fifth with a distance of 53.10m, becoming the youngest participant in the Malaysian delegation. Since then, she has continued to improve, throwing 57.18m in Bhubaneswar, India in 2017 and finishing in eighth position, while at the 2023 Asian Championships in Pattaya, Thailand she finished in seventh place with 57.99m. Her Southeast Asian Games record has been stellar with gold medals at the 2017 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games, 2022 Hanoi SEA Games, and 2023 Cambodia SEA Games, where she set a throw of 61.87m. Her national record of 62.48m was set at the 2023 Malaysian Athletics Grand Prix. Currently returning to the National Sports Council for training, Grace will take the Asian Athletics Championships as her new goal and also looks forward to the SEA Games, which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of the year. Asian Athletics Championships Grace Wong Xiu Mei Gumi lead
The Star
14-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Grace in race to get back to her usual mark at Asian meet
PETALING JAYA: National hammer thrower Grace Wong knows she has not been hitting her usual heights this year. Now back in Kuala Lumpur at the National Sports Council (NSC), she hopes to do better in the upcoming tournaments, with the hope of breaking the 60m mark in the Asian Track and Field Championships in Gumi, South Korea, from May 27-31.
