Asean event should be platform to raise athletes’ standards for Olympics

Spring in his feet: Triple jumper Andre Anura Anuar contributed one of Malaysia’s five gold medals in athletics. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

BANGKOK: If Malaysia are to produce Olympic medallists, the SEA Games has to treated as a platform to improve the nation’s competitiveness, not a short-term peak of glory.

And the Olympics sports have to be given importance.