KOTA KINABALU: With the graceful swaying of their hands, thousands of of people performed the moves of the Kadazandusun sumazau dance as part of the low impact aerobic exercise at Likas Sports Complex.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman was among the participants accompanied by the local popular song Lugai lugai.
The 12-minute senamrobic was a warm up to a 4.5km fun run and 9km bicycle ride as part of the state-level Hari Sukan Negara programme here.
Most of the 5,000 or so crowd, including families, students and even pensioners, took part in the fun run, Even those confined to wheelchairs like Fredolin Madius signed up for the run.
The event saw them jogging from the complex along the scenic coastal highway to the roundabout near the City Mosque and back.
Musa joined a few hundred cyclists to the ride from the complex to the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) campus and back.
Earlier, when launching the state level Hari Sukan Negara activities, Musa said he was heartened more people in the state were getting involved in sports activities.
“The number of Hari Sukan Negara participants in Sabah last year was more than 400,000. This year we expect the figure to exceed 700,000,” he said.
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