Please note that the results of MSSWP Swimming Championship 2015 have been revised, affecting the U10 Girls.
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Friday, 29 May 2015
Revised Results to MSSWP Swimming Championship 2015
Please note that the results of MSSWP Swimming Championship 2015 have been revised, affecting the U10 Girls.
For full revised results, please see here.
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Saturday, 23 May 2015
Star Online : Swimmer Christina lowering the bar for SEA Games
BY KNG ZHENG GUAN
PUTRAJAYA: United States-based swimmer Christina Loh (pic) is not setting too high a target for the Singapore SEA Games from June 5-16.
The 20-year-old Christina left the national training programme to pursue her studies at the Indian River State College in Florida last August.
The Penang-born swimmer returned three weeks ago to prepare for the biennial Games but she has her work cut out for her as she seeks to defend the 100m and 200m breaststroke gold medals she won at the Myanmar Games in 2013.
“It’s always nice to be back home ... I miss a lot of things here,” said Christina.
“I’m only competing in two events in Singapore – the 100m and 200m breaststroke – because I’m still trying to get my rhythm back.
“I’ve only been back three weeks and the training here is a little different from the US. There, I usually go through short courses while it’s mostly long courses here.
“Progress has been good but I’m not setting the bar too high this time. A realistic target will be to set new personal bests in both events.
“It’ll be tough because the swimmers from Thailand and Singapore would’ve improved and will be hard to beat this time.”
Christina has a personal best of 1:10.55 for the 100m breaststroke is and 2:32.56 for the 200m breaststroke. Both were achieved during her double gold medal feat in Myanmar two years ago.
Her times are not too far from the SEA Games records of 1:09.82 (100m breaststroke) and 2:30.35 (200m breaststroke) set by Malaysia’s Siow Yi Ting in the 2009 Games in Laos.
The other swimmers in the women’s team heading for Singapore are Khoo Cai Lin, Erika Kong, Yap Siew Hui, Chui Lai Kwan, Phee Jing En, Angela Chieng and Carolyn Chan.
The men’s team comprise Daniel Bego, Welson Sim, Wong Fu Kang, Lim Ching Hwang, Kevin Yeap, Tern Jian Han, Shaun Yap, Vernon Lee and Alwyn Tan.
,Meanwhile a total of 413 athletes out of 659 turned up for the first day of the SEA Games camp at a leading hotel in Putrajaya on Friday.
“I’m actually very happy with the turnout ... most of the athletes are here and those who are absent are either involved in a competition or training overseas (diving),” said chef de mission Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria.
“Hopefully, more will join the camp because this is the only chance for everyone to be a team.”
PUTRAJAYA: United States-based swimmer Christina Loh (pic) is not setting too high a target for the Singapore SEA Games from June 5-16.The 20-year-old Christina left the national training programme to pursue her studies at the Indian River State College in Florida last August.
The Penang-born swimmer returned three weeks ago to prepare for the biennial Games but she has her work cut out for her as she seeks to defend the 100m and 200m breaststroke gold medals she won at the Myanmar Games in 2013.
“It’s always nice to be back home ... I miss a lot of things here,” said Christina.
“I’m only competing in two events in Singapore – the 100m and 200m breaststroke – because I’m still trying to get my rhythm back.
“I’ve only been back three weeks and the training here is a little different from the US. There, I usually go through short courses while it’s mostly long courses here.
“Progress has been good but I’m not setting the bar too high this time. A realistic target will be to set new personal bests in both events.
“It’ll be tough because the swimmers from Thailand and Singapore would’ve improved and will be hard to beat this time.”
Christina has a personal best of 1:10.55 for the 100m breaststroke is and 2:32.56 for the 200m breaststroke. Both were achieved during her double gold medal feat in Myanmar two years ago.
Her times are not too far from the SEA Games records of 1:09.82 (100m breaststroke) and 2:30.35 (200m breaststroke) set by Malaysia’s Siow Yi Ting in the 2009 Games in Laos.
The other swimmers in the women’s team heading for Singapore are Khoo Cai Lin, Erika Kong, Yap Siew Hui, Chui Lai Kwan, Phee Jing En, Angela Chieng and Carolyn Chan.
The men’s team comprise Daniel Bego, Welson Sim, Wong Fu Kang, Lim Ching Hwang, Kevin Yeap, Tern Jian Han, Shaun Yap, Vernon Lee and Alwyn Tan.
,Meanwhile a total of 413 athletes out of 659 turned up for the first day of the SEA Games camp at a leading hotel in Putrajaya on Friday.
“I’m actually very happy with the turnout ... most of the athletes are here and those who are absent are either involved in a competition or training overseas (diving),” said chef de mission Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria.
“Hopefully, more will join the camp because this is the only chance for everyone to be a team.”
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| A total of 413 Singapore SEA Games-bound athletes came for the first day of the camp at a leading hotel on Friday. - RAJA FAISAL / The Star |
Saturday, 9 May 2015
The Star : Malaysia’s SEA Games gold medal target is '50, more or less’
BY S. RAMAGURU
KUALA LUMPUR: Fifty – more or less. That’s the gold medal target set for the Malaysian contingent for next month’s SEA Games in Singapore.
Initially, the athletes were not set any targets as chef de mission Datuk Norza Zakaria had said that the focus was to provide the junior athletes with exposure.
But Norza said they’ve had to make a U-turn after being questioned by several stakeholders.
“In line with this, we’ve decided to set a gold medal target for the contingent ... it could be 50 or somewhere around that. We’re working on it with the associations, National Sports Council (NSC), National Institute of Sports (NSI) and the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM),” he said after meeting officials and athletes from seven sports associations – petanque, water polo, diving, squash, fencing, floorball and swimming – on Friday.
At the Myanmar SEA Games in 2013, Malaysia won 43 gold medals.
Malaysia will compete in 35 sports in Singapore, where 373 gold medals are up for grabs.
Overall, there will be 39 sports (402 events) with 402 gold medals on offer at the 28th SEA Games.
The sports are swimming, synchronised swimming, diving, waterpolo, archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, billiards and snooker, bowling, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, floorball, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, judo, netball, petanque, rowing, rugby 7s, sailing, sepak takraw, shooting, silat, softball, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, dragon boat, triathlon, volleyball, wakeboard and waterski and wushu.
Malaysia won’t compete in triathlon, traditional boat race, canoeing and softball.
Norza said that he has already met with 18 sports association, and “there are 17 more to go”.
“The objective is to find out what are the problems faced by the various teams and if they need any help,” he said.
“Apart from telling them to be disciplined and stay focused, I also reminded the teams that there is no Games Village this time ... they will all stay in hotels.
“So, communication may be a bit of a problem during the Games.”
He also said that each sport will, for the first time, have an officer from NSI so as to ensure that they have the necessary support for the Games.
“In previous Games, we received feedback that there was no support from the NSI for some sports. This time, the NSI officer will report to us each day and we will see that they get the support they need,” he said.
The chef de mission also announced almost 70% of the Games-bound athletes have undergone doping tests.
“We plan to test 507 athletes and we’ve tested 374. We hope to get it done in the next two weeks,” he said.
There will also be a three-day national camp for the SEA Games contingent from May 22-24 in Putrajaya.
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| Malaysia's SEA Games chef-de-mission Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria with the national divers at the National Institute of Sport in Bukit Jalil on Friday. - IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/ The STAR |
KUALA LUMPUR: Fifty – more or less. That’s the gold medal target set for the Malaysian contingent for next month’s SEA Games in Singapore.
Initially, the athletes were not set any targets as chef de mission Datuk Norza Zakaria had said that the focus was to provide the junior athletes with exposure.
But Norza said they’ve had to make a U-turn after being questioned by several stakeholders.
“In line with this, we’ve decided to set a gold medal target for the contingent ... it could be 50 or somewhere around that. We’re working on it with the associations, National Sports Council (NSC), National Institute of Sports (NSI) and the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM),” he said after meeting officials and athletes from seven sports associations – petanque, water polo, diving, squash, fencing, floorball and swimming – on Friday.
At the Myanmar SEA Games in 2013, Malaysia won 43 gold medals.
Malaysia will compete in 35 sports in Singapore, where 373 gold medals are up for grabs.
Overall, there will be 39 sports (402 events) with 402 gold medals on offer at the 28th SEA Games.
The sports are swimming, synchronised swimming, diving, waterpolo, archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, billiards and snooker, bowling, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, floorball, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, judo, netball, petanque, rowing, rugby 7s, sailing, sepak takraw, shooting, silat, softball, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, dragon boat, triathlon, volleyball, wakeboard and waterski and wushu.
Malaysia won’t compete in triathlon, traditional boat race, canoeing and softball.
Norza said that he has already met with 18 sports association, and “there are 17 more to go”.
“The objective is to find out what are the problems faced by the various teams and if they need any help,” he said.
“Apart from telling them to be disciplined and stay focused, I also reminded the teams that there is no Games Village this time ... they will all stay in hotels.
“So, communication may be a bit of a problem during the Games.”
He also said that each sport will, for the first time, have an officer from NSI so as to ensure that they have the necessary support for the Games.
“In previous Games, we received feedback that there was no support from the NSI for some sports. This time, the NSI officer will report to us each day and we will see that they get the support they need,” he said.
The chef de mission also announced almost 70% of the Games-bound athletes have undergone doping tests.
“We plan to test 507 athletes and we’ve tested 374. We hope to get it done in the next two weeks,” he said.
There will also be a three-day national camp for the SEA Games contingent from May 22-24 in Putrajaya.
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