National athletes pitch in for flood relief

Diver Pandelela Rinong (left) and squash player Low Wee Wern (middle) were part of 300 athletes who volunteered to collect and pack donations for flood victims at Gymnasium 2, National Sports Council in Bukit Jalil. -DARRAN TAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: About 300 national athletes turned up on New Year’s Day to help collect donations from the public for the flood victims in the country.

NSC director of organisation and athletes’ affair division Datuk Zaiton Othman said the donation drive, held at the Gymnasium 2 of the National Sports Council (NSC) in Bukit Jalil, was a success.