Malaysia, looking forward to overall glory on the upcoming SEA Games next month, is all set to host the most important variety of athletes who will gather in Kuala Lumpur for the twenty ninth edition of the Games going down from August 19-30.
On Friday (July 7, 2017), the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) confirmed that a complete of 4,888 athletes had registered to participate within the Kuala Lumpur Games, up from around 3,500 athletes who took part within the last KL Games in 2001 .
Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) president Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Jaafar, who can be OCM president, said the numbers were finalized after the June 30 deadline for submitting names for the Games.
“The total variety of participants within the KL Games isn’t the most important within the history of the SEA Games. The Philippines hosted its highest variety of 5,339 athletes when it hosted the 2005 Manila Games. A complete of 4,370 athletes took part within the last Games in Singapore.
For Malaysia, this will probably be the most important variety of athletes to compete in Kuala Lumpur to this point,” Tunku Tan Sri Imran said at a press conference during which the list of the Malaysian contingent, in addition to the overall variety of athletes participating within the games, was announced.
Also present were OCM Secretary-General Datuk Low Beng Choo, National Sports Council director-general Datuk Ahmad Shapawi Ismail and Malaysian chef de Mission Datuk Marina Chin.
Malaysia will field a complete of 874 athletes across all events, which is the very best variety of athletes because the 2007 Korat Games (820 athletes).
Thailand, which is able to give you the chance to compete in all events, will undoubtedly pose the most important threat to Malaysia, which is able to look to proceed its dominance on the region’s biggest games with 858 athletes making up the contingent heading to Kuala Lumpur. Since the 1985 Bangkok Games, the Thais have won the title of general champion six times.
Indonesia, host of next 12 months’s Asian Games, is sending a contingent of 629 athletes, followed by Singapore (582), the Philippines (497), Myanmar (457), Vietnam (455), Laos (201), Cambodia (178), Brunei Darussalam (109). ) and East Timor (48) athletes.
In one other development, Tunku Tan Sri Imran announced that the ladies’s 3,000 meters steeplechase has been faraway from the Games’ competition schedule on account of insufficient variety of participants.
Participation of athletes within the 2017 KL Games:
Malaysia: 874
Thailand: 858
Indonesia: 629
Singapore: 582
Philippines: 497
Burma: 457
Vietnam: 455
Laos: 201
Cambodia: 178
Brunei Darussalam: 109
East Timor: 48
Number of sports disciplines: 38
Number of events: 404
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