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25th October 2007

Malaysia to send wushu participants to Beijing

Malaysia is planning to send at least four wushu experts to the Beijing Olympics. Wushi is part of the competition but no medals will be awarded. The qualifying event for the competition will be held from November 12-17.

“The top six exponents from the respective combined events will qualify. Places are limited and competition will be stiff,” said manager Kim Fatt.

“There will only be five combined events in the respective men’s and women’s divisions. Our exponents have to do well in both disciplines to stand a chance to qualify.

“These are the best exponents we have in the country and I believe all of them have fighting chances to win medals in the world championships.”

Read more: Olympics: Malaysia aims for at least four wushu exponents

21st September 2007

Khalmizam qualifies for Olympics

WAN Mohd Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament in Xian, China.

Three Malaysian archers have now qualified for the Olympic games. They can also now enter the team event. The other archers are Cheng Chu Sian and Muhd Marbawi.

India’s Mangal Singh Champia finished with a bronze which qualified him for the games.

Read the full story here

18th September 2007

Cyclist Azizul now aiming for the Olympics

Malaysian cyclist Azizul Hasni Awang, has boosted his confidence after winning a gold medal at the Asian championship. He is now focusing his efforts on securing a spot in the Beijing Olympics. He has a chance to secure a spot at the World Championships in Manchester, next March.

“Like all other athletes, my ultimate dream is to represent the country in the Olympics.

“I hope to make it via the World Cup events and the World Championships.

“It will be great if Josiah (Ng) and I can qualify for the Beijing Olympics,” said Azizul.

Read more: Cycling: Azizul now aims for Olympics

11th September 2007

Malaysia hoping for more qualifiers

Malaysia has only had five athletes qualify for the Beijing Olympics so far. The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president, Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Ja’afar is confident however that there will be more.

“It’s still early days as some of the sports have yet to hold their qualifying tournaments. We expect some from badminton. I am confident that we will have about the same of number of athletes like we did for the 2004 Athens Olympics,” Tunku Imran said. “For now, I urge the athletes to double their efforts. It is a great honour to be an Olympian.”

Malaysia is participating in the torch relay for the first time. The torch will run through Kuala Lumpur on April 21st 2008.

Read more: OCM confident more will qualify for Beijing Games