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- Olympic Day Run and Johor Rugby Carnival postponed
- Kannathasan out to bury ghost of Palembang in Myanmar Games
- Extreme sports to the fore
| Olympic Day Run and Johor Rugby Carnival postponed Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:08 PM PDT PETALING JAYA: Two events have been postponed. And a few others are in danger of being called off too due to the worsening haze. The Olympic Day Run, scheduled to be held at Padang Merbok on Sunday, has been postponed until further notice. Some 15,000 people had signed up for the run, which is co-organised by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) and McDonald's Malaysia. OCM secretary general Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said: "We have decided to postpone the run because of health concerns." For more information, the public can call the Olympic Council at 03-2715-2802 or e-mail Ng Swee Fong at sweefongng@olympic.org.my. In Johor, one of the worst-hit states, the two-day Johor Rugby Carnival beginning tomorrow has been postponed to September. "Hopefully, there will be no more haze then," said Johor Rugby Union president Mohd Noorazam Osman. Eighty-eight teams were scheduled to play during the carnival, including 10 international teams for the Asian Rugby Football Union Under-20 Sevens. Singapore withdrew their team from the event due to the haze and the other international teams, including those from Uzbekistan, Hong Kong and South Korea, have been informed of the change. The other events that may be postponed due to the haze are the Jelajah Malaysia cycling race (June 26-30) and the M-League football matches this weekend. The five-stage Jelajah Malaysia race, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, was slated to start from Kuala Lumpur and venture south to Malacca, Batu Pahat, Pontian and Johor Baru, which is the worst-hit haze area. Jelajah chief executive officer Datuk Naim Mohamad said that they would "play it by ear" to determine the haze situation at least 24 hours before each stage. "We will have a Plan B for all the stages. We can divert the route if it is affected by haze, although that will involve some serious work. We have to ensure that the alternative route is suitable for racing and this will require our officials to work round the clock," he said. The FA of Malaysia (FAM), meanwhile, will convene an emergency meeting today to decide on the M-League matches that may be postponed due to the haze. FAM competitions committee chairman Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin said that some of the matches scheduled to kick off today and tomorrow might be postponed if the Air Pollutant Index readings do not improve. Under the API, readings of between 0 and 50 are classified as Good, 51 to 100 as Moderate, 101 to 200 as Unhealthy, 201 to 300 as Very Unhealthy and 300 and above as Hazardous. He said that they were in contact with the Department of Environment (DOE) and monitoring the haze condition, with Johor and Singapore the worst hit. "We are aware of the condition, especially in Johor and Singapore. We will make a decision by tomorrow (today)," said Hamidin yesterday. If the haze situation worsens, then tomorrow's top-of-the-table Super League clash between Lions XII and Johor Darul Takzim at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore could be postponed. Today's Premier League match between Johor and Sarawak at the Pasir Gudang Stadium could also fall victim to the haze. |
| Kannathasan out to bury ghost of Palembang in Myanmar Games Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:46 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: National runner S. Kannathasan wants to bury the ghost of the past at the Myanmar SEA Games in December. The Kuala Lumpur-born athlete has qualified for the 400m and 4x400m relay events in the Myanmar Games. He clocked a personal best of 47.47 in the Taiwan Open last month to surpass the qualifying mark of 47.71, which is the silver-medal winning mark of the previous Games. The scratch men's 4x400m quartet of Kannathasan, Mohd Arif Zulhilmi, Mohd Firdaus Mazalan and Mohd Jironi Riduan qualified for the Myanmar Games by clocking 3:14.87 at the Asean University Games in Laos last December – beating the qualifying mark of 3:14.90. At the 2011 Indonesia SEA Games in Palembang, the national 4x400m team won the gold medal but they were stripped of it after Mohd Lasaleh Yunus was tested positive for a banned drug. The other two relay runners were P. Yuvaraaj and Schzuan Ahmad Rosley. The 22-year-old Kannathasan, who is majoring in Computer Science at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) will be competing in the National Closed junior and senior championships beginning today at the National Sports Council (NSC) Training Track in Bukit Jalil. He described the National Closed as a good warm-up meet in preparation for the World University Games in Kazan, Russia, from July 6-17. "This is first time I'm competing in the World University Games and I'll be more than happy if I can reach the second round in my pet event," he said. "My mission this year is to dip below 47 seconds and bag the gold in the 400m as well as win the relay event in the SEA Games." |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2013 05:10 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Fans of extreme sports in Malaysia are in for a treat when the top performers showcase their skills at the two-day Asian Extreme Sports Championships, which will be held at the Rakan Muda Sports Complex in Mont Kiara here on June 29-30. The meet, sanctioned by the Asian Extreme Sports Federation (AXF), will feature top athletes from 17 countries in the region. Malaysian Extreme Sports Association (Mesa) president Tan Sri Darshan Singh Gill said that the event would expose Malaysia's younger generation to the various levels of different sports apart from the traditional mainstream sports. The tournament will cover three disciplines – Skateboard, Aggressive Inline and BMX, with nine categories and 27 medals up for grabs. There will be five athletes from each nation for each discipline. The meet is sponsored by AirAsia, Telekom Malaysia, Genting Malaysia, Nestle (Milo) and Astro Arena. |
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