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Malaysia bakal bergelar juara


PEMANAH lelaki dan wanita negara menguasai saingan acara berpasukan pada AUG 2012 semalam.


VIENTIANE, Laos - Kontinjen Malaysia semakin hampir untuk dinobatkan sebagai juara keseluruhan Sukan Universiti ASEAN (AUG) 2012.

Selepas enam hari temasya edisi ke-16 itu berlangsung, kontinjen negara terus unggul selaku pendahulu carta pungutan pingat.

Setakat semalam, kontinjen negara berada di tangga teratas carta apabila mengumpul 49 pingat emas, 39 perak dan 49 gangsa diikuti Vietnam di tangga kedua dengan 44 emas, 26 perak dan 22 gangsa.
Tuan rumah, Laos pula menghuni tangga ketiga dengan mengumpul 29 pingat emas, 8 perak dan 31 gangsa.

Berbaki dua hari lagi sebelum temasya dwi tahunan itu menutup tirainya esok, kontinjen negara dijangka menambah koleksi pingat emas menerusi beberapa acara yang bakal berlangsung.
Sukan renang dan memanah yang akan beraksi untuk hari terakhir hari ini dijangka menjadi lubuk buat kontinjen negara bagi meraih pingat emas.

Pada hari keenam semalam, kontinjen negara cemerlang apabila berjaya melepasi sasaran baru iaitu sebanyak 45 pingat emas.

Ia merupakan sasaran terbaharu yang ditetapkan oleh ketua kontinjen Malaysia, Prof. Dr. Yahaya Ibrahim selepas kejayaan mencapai sasaran awal AUG kali ini iaitu sebanyak 36 pingat emas kelmarin.
Pada aksi semalam, renang terus membuktikan kehebatan apabila menyumbang enam pingat emas buat kontinjen negara.

Tidak ketinggalan, memanah yang meraih tiga pingat emas selain wushu yang menyumbang satu emas.
Jika berjaya bergelar juara keseluruhan pada AUG kali ini, ia adalah kali pertama direkodkan kontinjen negara sejak temasya itu diperkenalkan pada 1981 di Chiangmai, Thailand.

Dengan kejayaan sebangak 49 pingat emas semalam, ia merupakan pencapaian terbaik kontinjen Malaysia sepanjang menyertai AUG di luar negara.

Jumlah pingat emas itu mengatasi pencapaian terbaik sebelum ini yang direkodkan pada edisi ke-15 di Chiangmai, Thailand dua tahun lalu dengan 36 pingat emas.

- KOSMO

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