Day: July 31, 2024

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

PARIS,, Malaysian professional men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia easily cleared his Paris 2024 Olympics group stage to advance to the knockout phase as expected at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena today. The 2021 All England champion beat Spain’s world number 62 Pablo Abian, 21-10, 21-13 after 34 minutes in the Group G match to advance to the round of 16. Throughout the match, Zii Jia faced little trouble from the 39-year-old Spaniard, who is competing in his fifth Olympics since the Beijing 2008 edition. Zii Jia, the world number seven, began his campaign with a 21-14, 21-12 win