Malaysia sounds alarm over lowest SEA Games ranking in 40 years

Malaysia's karate kumite team celebrating the nation's 36th gold medal at the Vietnam SEA Games in Hanoi on Friday night (May 21, 2022). - Bernama

HANOI May 21, 2022 (AFP): A government minister says that "all Malaysians are disappointed" with what is threatening to be the country's lowest placing at the SEA Games in nearly 40 years.

Traditionally a regional power, sports minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu sounded the alarm despite Malaysian athletes on Friday reaching the country's target of 36 golds with two days of competition to go.