Day: July 31, 2024

SEPANG,, Despite ending his challenge at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with an uninspiring result, it did not break the spirit of national shooter Johnathan Wong to yearn competing at the games in the Los Angeles 2028 edition. The 31-year-old shooter, who is making his second appearance at the quadrennial event, said he will try to improve his performance by producing more consistent results every time he participates in domestic and foreign tournaments. “I will still be competing if given the opportunity and I will be all out again to qualify for LA (Los Angeles 2028). Now the only thing

PARIS,, Malaysian professional women’s singles shuttler Goh Jin Wei challenge came to an early end at the 2024 Paris Olympics, after losing in her second match of Group H today. The 24-year-old had to concede defeat in a rubber set battle 17-21, 22-20, 21-23 to world number 17 Kim Ga Eun, following a 65-minute fight at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena here. Jin Wei, who recovered from losing the first set, managed to put up a strong fight to take the second set, 22-20 but narrowly lost the third set, 21-23 to the higher-ranked Korean player. She began her

KOTA KINABALU,, Sabah will field 90 per cent young and new athletes in the fencing competition at the 21st Malaysia Games (SUKMA), which will be held in Sarawak next month. Sabah Fencing Association president, Datuk Alex Sham Ching Nam said that this decision is aimed at providing exposure to young local athletes from Sabah, with the goal of developing them into athletes who can represent the nation in the future. ‘We do not have any national athletes representing Sabah at SUKMA; we have many young talents compared to previous teams. Like babies growing up, we have big plans for them.

PARIS, National recurve archer Ariana Nur Diana Mohamad Zairi almost stunned 2022 world champion Chiara Rebagliati of Italy in the women’s individual 1/32 elimination round at the 2024 Paris Olympics, before losing 5-6 in the shoot-off. The 19-year-old debutant, started well to hit the bull’s eye in the first set to tie 27-27 , before winning the second 25-24 to lead 3-1 at the Invalides. As the competition got intense under the scorching Paris summer weather hitting 30 degrees Celsius this afternoon, the Italian started to score near perfect scores to win the next two sets 28-27, 29-27 to take

PETALING JAYA,, Malaysian Para Swimming Association (PREPMA) president Datuk Seri Megat D Shahriman Zaharudin has emphasised that the two automatic slots for the 2024 Paris Paralympics from World Para Swimming (WPS) are allocated to the country and not to individual athletes. Speaking to Bernama, Megat D Shahriman, who is also Malaysian Paralympic Council (MPM) president, said that the selection of athletes for the quadrennial Games has been decided by the Athlete Selection Committee based on three main criteria previously outlined. He stressed that PREPMA is always transparent in its decision-making process through a selection committee comprising MPM, the National Sports