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Daily Express
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Express
Alison grabs two golds, two bronzes: ‘I could have done better'
Published on: Friday, May 23, 2025 Published on: Fri, May 23, 2025 By: GL Oh Text Size: Alison showing off her medals. Kota Kinabalu: Dr Alison Chew captured two gold and two bronze medals at the ongoing World Masters Games 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan. The Sabahan, who took part in the women's 40s age group, crossed the line first in the 100 metres (m) (13.29 seconds [s]) and 400m hurdles (76.73s) events and the bronzes from the 200m (27.76s) and 400m (64.74s). Despite her biggest medal haul on the international stage against some of the world's best athletes, she was still feeling a bit disappointed with the times achieved. 'I am obviously happy to deliver the medals for the contingent but at the same time, I was not fully satisfied with the time I managed. 'I believe I could have done better. I have been training for the 400m and 400m hurdles for the past four months prior to the competition. 'My initial aim was to run at least personal best times in the two events at the championship. However, two weeks before the release of the games startlist, my coach (Fahrul Nazri) and I decided to change our target and instead aim for more medals instead. Advertisement 'It was a risk I took with the two additional events because it involved me running in heats and finals for four consecutive days. 'It was quite exhausting and as a result, the times achieved was no to my liking, but still good enough to put me on the podium, with the gold medals won on the first two days and the two bronzes coming in the next two days,' she said on Wednesday. The Taipei trip was her second competition outside of Asean, having competed in the World Masters Athletics Championship (WMAC) in Gothenburg, Sweden in August last year. She managed to qualify for the 400m hurdles final and finished in a respectable sixth place with a personal best time of 70.49s and also recorded another personal best of 61.85s to reach the semi-final in the 400m. Meanwhile, she was among the nine-member team from Sabah Masters Athletics Association (Samas) representing Malaysia in the two-week event. Her other teammates are Shamry Mohd Ali, Juliana Gumpil, Abdul Mulok Awang Damit, James Wong Thien Yin, Lucy Yong, Joseph Latong, Bernice K M Lau and Charlie Lee. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
South China Morning Post
08-04-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Why Hong Kong could see boom in athletics for veterans who want to keep on competing
Hong Kong's community of 'masters' athletes has been tipped to grow after the city brought home bagfuls of medals from the past two global championships. Advertisement And Colin Whittington, chairman of the Athletics Veterans of Hong Kong, predicted that the numbers of these veterans will only continue to rise as the public becomes more aware of the need to stay fit and healthy as they get older. Whittington also expected to see the city sending a large team to the next World Masters Athletics Championships (WMAC) in Daegu next year. WMAC are the biennial championships for masters athletics – aged 35 or above – which is divided into five-year age groups. For example, the M35 group is for male athletes aged 35 to 39 years while the W40 group is for female athletes between the ages of 40 and 44, and so on. At the latest indoor edition in Gainesville, Florida last month, four Hongkongers – Aldo Kriel, Max Siu Yau-ming, Grace Tong and Ivy Mok Oi-yee – competed, and returned with three medals. Advertisement Siu pocketed bronze in the men's triple jump (70-74) with a 9.48-metre jump while Kriel added two more bronze medals in the men's 45-to-49 group, crossing the finish line in 23.68 seconds in the 200m and recording a 6.05m leap in the long jump.
