Sunday, December 19, 2010
Sasaran MOM tercapai
Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi berkata, kontinjen negara diketuai Datuk James Selvaraj berjaya meraih satu emas dan satu perak pada edisi kedua temasya itu.
“Mereka mencapai sasaran satu emas. Ini sesuatu menggembirakan kerana tahun ini memperlihatkan kecemerlangan atlet bermula di Sukan Olimpik Remaja (Singapura), Sukan Komanwel (India) dan Sukan Asia (China).
“Pada tiga temasya sukan terbesar, kita berjaya mencapai sasaran ditetapkan malah pencapaian Sukan Komanwel India berjaya melepasi sasaran amat membanggakan,” katanya.
Pada temasya berlangsung di Oman itu, pingat emas tunggal negara disumbang Mr Universe lima kali, Sazali Abdul Samad (gambar) melalui acara bina badan kategori lightweight 70 kilogram. Kemudian, atlet pelayar remaja, Muhamad Amirul Shafiq Md Jais menyumbang pingat perak.
Sebanyak 43 negara menyertai edisi kedua temasya itu dengan Thailand muncul juara keseluruhan apabila mengutip 15 emas 10 perak 11 gangsa manakala Malaysia menduduki tempat ke-12 daripada 26 negara yang berjaya meraih pingat.
Kontinjen negara pada edisi kedua ini hanya seramai 19 atlet dan menyertai tiga daripada 14 jenis sukan dipertandingkan iaitu bina badan, pelayaran dan luncur air.
Pada edisi pertama di Bali, Indonesia dua tahun lalu, Malaysia berjaya meraih dua emas, dua perak dan enam gangsa.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Dazzling ceremony brings Asian Beach Games to a close
16 December 2010
MUSCAT, 16 Dec. – A dazzling closing ceremony brought the 2nd Asian Beach Games to a close on Thursday evening as the reins were handed over to the Chinese city of Haiyang.
"You have shined with us and caused Muscat 2010 to shine," Habib bin Abdulnabi Macki, the director general of the Muscat Asian Beach Games Organising Committee, told a packed stadium at Al Musannah Sports City.
"With this shining achievement we wish the entire Asian continent yet further flourishing and prosperity.
"We are very happy that Muscat 2010 has achieved its targets and fulfilled the promise of its slogan, ‘Together we Shine’."
After Oman had relinquished its beach soccer title to the United Arab Emirates and gold medals were decided in six other sports, the evening festivities began.
Fireworks lit the sky and crowds were enthralled by the energetic display of song, dance and Omani culture.
Spectators were entertained by a mixed Asian dance performance and a fire show by a Russian group.
Malaysian singer Dayang Nurfaizah and Omani hip hop artist Sham delighted the audience with a duet of Let’s All Unite, while about 100 children performed a special rendition of the game’s theme song, Together We Shine.
Haiyang will host the 3rd Asian Beach Games in June 2012.
"You have shined with us and caused Muscat 2010 to shine," Habib bin Abdulnabi Macki, the director general of the Muscat Asian Beach Games Organising Committee, told a packed stadium at Al Musannah Sports City.
"With this shining achievement we wish the entire Asian continent yet further flourishing and prosperity.
"We are very happy that Muscat 2010 has achieved its targets and fulfilled the promise of its slogan, ‘Together we Shine’."
After Oman had relinquished its beach soccer title to the United Arab Emirates and gold medals were decided in six other sports, the evening festivities began.
Fireworks lit the sky and crowds were enthralled by the energetic display of song, dance and Omani culture.
Spectators were entertained by a mixed Asian dance performance and a fire show by a Russian group.
Malaysian singer Dayang Nurfaizah and Omani hip hop artist Sham delighted the audience with a duet of Let’s All Unite, while about 100 children performed a special rendition of the game’s theme song, Together We Shine.
Haiyang will host the 3rd Asian Beach Games in June 2012.
Waterskiing is child's play for seven year old Aaliyah
MUSCAT, 13 Dec, – At the age of five when most children her age are just learning to swim, Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah was twisting and contorting her body as it skimmed across the surface of the water at 25 km/h.
Now seven, she will line up against people nearly five times her age at the 2010 Muscat 2nd Asian Beach Games waterski competition in the Trick Skiing category at the Qantab Beach.
"I love how challenging it is and I spend all my time training. I am on school holidays at the moment but I have been at the lake nearly every day practicing.
"All my friends at school say I’m good and they want to try waterskiing as well," she said.
She was introduced to the sport by her father, Hanifah Yoong, who runs a waterskiing club in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, and followed in the footsteps of her half-sister Phillipa Clare Yoong Li Foong, who still competes and doubles as Aaliyah’s coach.
"The preparation for Aaliyah is quite different as generally kids are quite flighty and get distracted very easily, so it’s important to try to get them concentrating on the competition right before they go out." said Phillipa.
Aaliyah runs a tight schedule of training in the morning before attending school in the afternoon, but her coach doesn’t feel her sporting aspiration interferes with her education.
"She is pretty balanced although after school she still has homework. She does not get to bed until late, which is not ideal, but I think it works all right."
Aaliyah will face off against a strong field, including Asian champion Song Yufei (CHN), as the waterski qualifying begins on Tuesday before medals are decided on Wednesday.
The other Malaysian competitors are Hadri Ifran Mohamed Rahaziah (trick skiing), Shamal Norman Abdul Rahman (Wakeboarding) and Hanis Azemi (trick skiing).
Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah on her water ski.
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