OCM To Determine Categories For SEA Games Bound Athletes

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 (Bernama) -- The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) are expected to determine the categories of entry for the 600 national athletes competing in the Laos SEA Games.

According to OCM Honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, the OCM would determine the category of the respective athletes after meeting the respective National Sports Associations (NSA) and the National Sports Council (NSC) tomorrow.

Athletes who qualify on merit or meet the qualifying mark set by the OCM would be listed under Category A whereby their expenses would be borne by OCM while the cost of sending those under Category B (those who do not meet the qualifying mark or border-line cases), would be borne by their respective NSA.

However, if an athlete under Category B wins a medal, his or her expenses would be reimbursed by OCM.

In the Laos SEA Games scheduled from Dec 9-18, Malaysia are taking part in 20 of the 25 sports hosted, namely aquatics, archery, athletics, badminton, billiard & snooker, boxing, cycling, football, golf, judo, karate-do, pencak silat, petanque, sepak takraw, shooting, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting and wushu.

Meanwhile, Sieh said OCM had also decided that all athletes who would be participating in the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi from Oct 30 to Nov 8, would be placed under Category B.

"The NSAs had agreed to foot their expenses," he said.

He added that the decision was made considering the fact that the Games was not a major competitive event and did not meet the criteria set by OCM and NSC.

OCM has approved the participation of 100 athletes for the Games and compete in eight sports - Hoop Sepak takraw, Shuttle Cock juggling, Kabadi, Futsal, Basketball 3 on 3, Pencak Silat, Dragon Dance and Petanque, he said.

-- BERNAMA

Selection Meeting - 3rd Asian Indoor Games.

Selection of the Malaysian Contingents for the 3rd Asia Indoor Games and the 25th SEA Games – 28th and 29th July 2009 at OCM Boardroom, 1st Floor Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur, from 4.00 p.m.

10,000 walk for Indoor Games

More than 10,000 people participated in a walk in Ho Chi Minh City on March 29 to welcome the upcoming 3rd Asian Indoor Games (AIG) to be hosted by Vietnam this year for the first time.

Walkers wearing headbands and carrying the AIG flag paraded along a 2.5km route, from the Municipal Theatre to Dong Khoi, Ton Duc Thang, Nguyen Hue, Le Loi, Pasteur, Ly Tu Trong, then returned to the starting point.

Also on the occasion, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, vice chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee, received the AIG flag from the Vietnam Olympic Committee and the AIG organising board, officially launching the Games campaign in the city.

Ho Chi Minh City is one of six selected localities to host AIG events. It has 11 venues to hold 8 events and 6 others reserved for training.

March to promote 3rd Asian Indoor Games

HCM City, March 30 (VNA) – A march for a successful Asian Indoor Games (AIGs) and the development of Asia was held in HCM City on March 29, attracting 10,000 people.

Walkers carrying bands and slogans to promote the upcoming third annual games, to be held in Vietnam from October 30-November 8, departed from and finished at the city’s Opera House, traversing a 2.5km route through the city.

Deputy Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Thu Ha received a flag symbolizing Vietnam ’s role in hosting the event from the Vietnam Olympic Committee, and officially launched a campaign to promote the competition.

HCM City is one of six localities in Vietnam selected to organise the games. (VNA)

Third Asian Indoor Games

Logo of the Games

The Logo is the logical, scientific and proper combination of the features, both strong and flexible, of the typical motifs of sports games in Vietnamlike the torch, the lotus and the symbol of the Olympic Council of Asia. The logo is the image of a torch created by flaming colorful petals, lighting up an ambiance, exciting and imposing, of a major sports event. The lotus, with the petals joined together like twisted hands, a symbol of solidarity, frendship and cooperation.

A flower with many colors also symbolizes the vigorous vitality and the records made by the athletes and participating sports delegations. The lotus is a symbol of beauty, the beauty of delicacy and simplicity, strongly imbued with the iddentity of Vietnamese culture. The logo of the Olympic Council of Asia is the image of a pistil, fresh and long lasting. It is also the red sunlight of victory and future-oriented development.

Mascot of the Games

The mascot of the 3rd Asian Indoor Games is the Ho Chicken, a distinctly Vietnamese rare breed of chicken. The Chicken is familiar with Vietnames people. According to folklore, the chicken, particularly the rooster, has the five qualities of a man of honor: literary, martial arts, physical strength, humanity and loyalty

The image of a Ho chicken rising himself to welcome the sun is like Vietnam’s sports industry’s readiness to welcome Asian sport.

Opening date:
30 October 2009

Closing date:
08 November 2009

Country of the host city:
Vietnam (VIE)

The 3rd Asian Indoor Games (AIG) will be held for the first time in Vietnam in the fall of 2009. This is a great sporting event, held exclusively by Asian countries for those sports that have not yet to get a chance to join continental and world arenas. The 3rd Asian Indoor Games will be held under the direct leadership of the Government with the participation of key sectors and mayors of Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minn City, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh. The 3rd Asian Indoor Games is expected to have 23 sports: indoor athletics, Pencak Silat, 25m -swimming, 50m- fin swimming, Dance Sport, sepak takraw, chess and Chiness, billiards & snooker, Sport Aerobics, futsal, Bowling, Muay, vovinam, indoor petanque, indoor archery,kurash, kabadi, 3 on 3 basketball, woment defence ( women boxing and wushu) and 1 demonstration sport : Jujitsu and belt wrestling ... The AIG is an indoor sporting event held every two years and has become a playground well known in the continent and the world. Vietnam's success in hosting the 22nd SEA Games, the APEC Summit, the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM Summit) and many other international activities has left positive impressions on friends around the world, in general, and in Asia, in particular. It is a vision of a Vietnam of peace, friendliness and hospitality with sports lovers. Welcome to our country in 2009, a beautiful country on the East Sea, to participate in the biggest indoor sporting event of the continent, the Asian Indoor Games 2009 to be held in Hanoi, a city of peace and some other cities and province.

Malaysian Tigers @ Macau 2007

Malaysian Contingent @ 2nd Asian Indoor Games Macau 2007

2^nd Asian Indoor Games 2007

The 2^nd Asian Indoor Games ended on 3^rd November 2007. The Malaysian Contingent

comprised 103 male athletes, 30 female athletes, 49 male team officials and 4 female team officials, participated in 10 sports, Tenpin Bowling, Chess & Xiangqi, DanceSport, Dragon & Lion Dance, Extreme Sports, Futsal (men & women), Indoor Cycling, Indoor Hockey (men), Kabaddi (men) and 3on3 Basketball (men).

In the overall medal tally, the Malaysian Contingent finished with 3 silver medals and 6 bronze medals to be placed in 20^th position out of 32 countries, which participated in the 2^nd Asian Indoor Games. China with 52 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 24 bronze finished first, with Thailand in second position with 19 gold medals, 28 silver medals and 22 bronze medals. The Malaysian medal winners are shown below:

Silver

SPORT	EVENT	NOC	NAME	DATE
Inline Stunt	Inline Stunt - Big Air	Malaysia	FARIQ BIN MOHAMED ESA	2007-10-28
Southern Lion	Southern Lion - Public Stake Optional Ex	Malaysia	MAS	2007-11-02
Bowling	Women Singles	Malaysia	ZATIL IMAN	2007-10-28

Bronze

Skateboard	Skateboard - Park Best Technical	Malaysia	AHMAD FADZIL BIN MUSA	2007-10-27
BMX Freestyle	BMX Freestyle - Flatland	Malaysia	AHMAD SHAIFUL BIN AZIS	2007-11-02
Dragon Dance	Dragon Dance - Optional Exercise	Malaysia	MAS	2007-11-02
Chess	Men's Individual Classical Chess	Malaysia	MAS HAFIZULHILMI AGU	2007-11-01
Chess	Women's Individual Classical Chess	Malaysia	SITI ZULAIKHA BINTI	2007-11-01
Bowling	Women Team of 4	Malaysia	ZATIL IMAN\SIN LI JANE\KHOO WEI LING\NORHANIZAH BINTI ABU BAKAR	2007-11-02

The Men’s Futsal team qualified for the Quarter-Final, but lost 6 goals to 1 goal, to Uzbekistan, while the Women’s Futsal team lost all its preliminary matches. In Kabaddi, the Malaysian team won one match against Sri Lanka, by a score of 33 points against 31 points, out of the 5 matches played. In Indoor Hockey, the Men’s team qualified for the Bronze medal play-off, but loss to the India by a score of 4 goals against 7 goals.