KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (Bernama) -- Five Asean university contingents arrived here today for the Asean University Games 2009 (AUG2009) from Thursday to Dec 21.
They are from Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and the Philippines, said Malaysian University Games Council's promotion and sponsorship committee secretary Nur Ekmal Buhary.
He said the Indonesian and Singaporean contingents would arrive tomorrow.
The opening ceremony of the AUG2009 Games Village at the IOI Palm Garden Hotel in Putrajaya will be held tomorrow morning, he said when contacted today.
The Malaysian contingent, comprising 400 athletes and 98 officials, will be the largest team to participate in the Games.
Thailand is the second largest team with a 306-member contingent, followed by Singapore (277), Indonesia (264), the Philippines (163), Vietnam (125), Brunei (90), Timor Leste (61), Laos (26) and Cambodia (10).
Nur Ekmal said the hockey and lawn bowl teams from Timor Leste were the first to arrive two weeks ago.
The hockey players are undergoing training at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang while the law bowl athletes put through their paces at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in Skudai, Johor.
Myanmar are not taking part in the games which will be opened by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium at 8pm on Saturday.
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Saya setuju. We are working on more coaches! “ @ManOlimpik : Malaysian junior athletes are just too ‘lembik’ http://t.co/7D7wmHWaNy ” — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) June 10, 2014 The benchmark. Can our junior athletes train as hard as Malaysia's world No.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei? “IT IS okay lah. The training is not too bad lah. I will try lah … Wah, so hard lah today.” These are some of the common statements I hear from our juniors nowadays. It is not only in badminton. It is the easy-going, laid-back attitude and lack of competitiveness at grassroots level that we have problems producing quality players. I have travelled quite a bit. After ending my decade-long career with the national team, I went to play in the league in Europe. It’s different there. The European athletes know what they want. And they do it with real focus. Even the young ones possess admirable self-control and show a high level of commitment. During my time in the ...
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