No more exposure-only approach for SEA Games


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia should no longer treat the SEA Games in Thailand from Dec 9-20 as a platform to merely give athletes exposure.

Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tan Sri Norza Zakaria, who chaired the SEA Games selection committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, said the list of athletes submitted by national sports associations for the year-end Games showed that Malaysia should compete as medal contenders.

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