As the opening ceremony was held yesterday in a gallant way, it's also the starting pint of Malaysia's quest to haul 40gold medals.
Till yesterday, they had 5 gold medals from wushu and equestrian.The other gold medals are targeted from diving (seven); athletics, karate (five each); swimming, pencak silat, sailing (three each); archery, shooting, hockey (two each); and body building, cycling, golf, football and badminton (one each).
The target was reduced as core sports like bowling, squash, track cycling is not contested this round. Malaysia's best achievement in SEA GAMES outside Malaysia was in previous round where we achieved 59 gold medals.
It's expected Myanmar as the host is expected to win the overall medal tally with Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines to be other overall top teams.
As host, Myanmar would have invested so much of effort in manpower, financial resource and facilities. Thus, to have the prove of the labor, they have to win the games. It was the same when Vietnam, Philippines and Laos hosted the event.
But the question is, are we merely going to target regional sports and swaying away in our focus out of Asian Games and Olympic Games. We were overall champions in year 2001 games, but we came back empty handed in 2000 and 2004 Olympics.
Nothing to shout about. At least Indonesia got their Olympic medals through badminton, Philippines through snooker, and Thailand through boxing. But even then, the performance of SEA countries are still not noticeable compared to other economically poor countries such as Kenya, Ethopia, St Kits & nevis etc.
It's time for Malaysia to focus on Asian Games and Olympic Games and to produce champions at this level, rather than merely focusing on regional games. Achieving 1000th gold medal could be something special, but we cant talk big about it as Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia has already achieved it.
Till yesterday, they had 5 gold medals from wushu and equestrian.The other gold medals are targeted from diving (seven); athletics, karate (five each); swimming, pencak silat, sailing (three each); archery, shooting, hockey (two each); and body building, cycling, golf, football and badminton (one each).
The target was reduced as core sports like bowling, squash, track cycling is not contested this round. Malaysia's best achievement in SEA GAMES outside Malaysia was in previous round where we achieved 59 gold medals.
It's expected Myanmar as the host is expected to win the overall medal tally with Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines to be other overall top teams.
As host, Myanmar would have invested so much of effort in manpower, financial resource and facilities. Thus, to have the prove of the labor, they have to win the games. It was the same when Vietnam, Philippines and Laos hosted the event.
But the question is, are we merely going to target regional sports and swaying away in our focus out of Asian Games and Olympic Games. We were overall champions in year 2001 games, but we came back empty handed in 2000 and 2004 Olympics.
Nothing to shout about. At least Indonesia got their Olympic medals through badminton, Philippines through snooker, and Thailand through boxing. But even then, the performance of SEA countries are still not noticeable compared to other economically poor countries such as Kenya, Ethopia, St Kits & nevis etc.
It's time for Malaysia to focus on Asian Games and Olympic Games and to produce champions at this level, rather than merely focusing on regional games. Achieving 1000th gold medal could be something special, but we cant talk big about it as Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia has already achieved it.
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