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Sports
achievers
from
Sarawak
Sarawak Sports Council
continues to produce successful
sports athletes
Sarawak’s unique ability to
produce natural sportsmen and
sportswomen is once again evident
by the achievements of athletes at the
recent SEA Games in Sumatra, Indonesia
from 11 th to 22 nd November 2011. Diver
Pandelela Renong, Shooter Bibiana Ng,
Cyclist Josiah Ng and Squash Player, Mohd
Aslan Iskandar were winners in their
respective events; all are Sarawakians and
many budding ones are coming up as
evident in the SUKMA Games last year.
With the support from the Sarawak Sports
Council and corporate bodies, the state is
bound to remain among the forefront of
sportsmen and sportswomen in the nation.
Cyclist Josiah Ng
represented Malaysia
at the Commonwealth
Games in New Delhi,
India in 2010 and won
1Gold,1 Silver and 1
Bronze, winning another
Silver at the 16 th Asian
Games Guangzu, China.
Awarded as Malaysian
Olympian and Sportsman of Year in 2004.
He will be aiming for Gold in the London
Olympics this year.
Bibiana Ng
won Gold for
Malaysia in the Air
Pistol event at the
Commonwealth
Games in New Delhi, India in 2010 as well
as 2 Silvers and 2 Bronzes from previous
Commonwealth Games.
Pandelela Renong won
Malaysia’s first aquatic Gold in
Diving at the Commonwealth
Games in New Delhi, India in 2010
as well as a Silver medal. She also
won a Bronze in the Youth Mini
Olympic 2010 and is another
medal hopeful at London’s
Olympic Games later this year.
Mohd. Azlan Iskandar
represented Malaysia in squash at the Asian
Games in Guanzhou, China in 2010 and
was a 3-time winner of the Malaysian Open
event. He had a remarkable 2010 with his
squash achievements; where his ranking
soared to World top 10 from World No. 18.
Azlan’s achievement has put Sarawak on the
world stage and he is the first Asian man to
make it to Commonwealth Games Semis.
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