THE Olympic Council of Malaysia’s (OCM) decision to drastically
reduce the national contingent to the Incheon Asian Games has affected
sports expected to contribute medals, like karate, which will not be
able to field its full complement of athletes.
The Malaysian Karate Federation (Makaf) has only been allowed to send six exponents despite the competition rules allowing for each country to compete in eight events.
Makaf has, nonetheless, asked OCM to register eight athletes before it decides on which six to send to Incheon, where the karate competition takes place on Oct 2-4.
The eight registered athletes will compete at the KOI World Cup meet in Okinawa on Aug 30-31 which Makaf will use as its final selection ground.
“All those we have registered for the Asian Games will go to Okinawa and there, we will get an indication of how we will fare in Incheon,” said Makaf secretary-general Vincent Chen.
“This is because we expect all the countries who will be competing in the Asian Games to send their best exponents to Okinawa.
“So from the eight, we will drop two athletes and the rest will go on to Turkey and Egypt for more tournaments in the final phase of preparation for the Asian Games.”
Makaf has registered four men and four women, all Asian Games rookies.
They are 2013 Sea Games gold medallists Lim Chee Wei (men’s kata), S. Senthil Kumaran (men’s kumite -60kg), A. Nisha (women’s -55kg), Syakila Salni (women’s -61kg) and S. Shree Sharmini (women’s +67kg).
Sea Games silver medallist R. Shamendran (men’s -67kg), J. Sharma (men’s -75kg) and Nur Eleena Anis Ab Malek (women’s -60kg) are the others.
Malaysia won two gold medals in Guangzhou four years ago through R. Puvaneswaran (men’s -55kg) and Ku Jin Keat (men’s kata) but both have since retired.
G. Yamini and Jamaliah Jamaluddin won silver medals and Lim Lee Lee bronze in the women’s kata as Malaysia finished second in the karate medal tally behind Japan but that achievement will be tough to emulate this time.
The Malaysian Karate Federation (Makaf) has only been allowed to send six exponents despite the competition rules allowing for each country to compete in eight events.
Makaf has, nonetheless, asked OCM to register eight athletes before it decides on which six to send to Incheon, where the karate competition takes place on Oct 2-4.
The eight registered athletes will compete at the KOI World Cup meet in Okinawa on Aug 30-31 which Makaf will use as its final selection ground.
“All those we have registered for the Asian Games will go to Okinawa and there, we will get an indication of how we will fare in Incheon,” said Makaf secretary-general Vincent Chen.
“This is because we expect all the countries who will be competing in the Asian Games to send their best exponents to Okinawa.
“So from the eight, we will drop two athletes and the rest will go on to Turkey and Egypt for more tournaments in the final phase of preparation for the Asian Games.”
Makaf has registered four men and four women, all Asian Games rookies.
They are 2013 Sea Games gold medallists Lim Chee Wei (men’s kata), S. Senthil Kumaran (men’s kumite -60kg), A. Nisha (women’s -55kg), Syakila Salni (women’s -61kg) and S. Shree Sharmini (women’s +67kg).
Sea Games silver medallist R. Shamendran (men’s -67kg), J. Sharma (men’s -75kg) and Nur Eleena Anis Ab Malek (women’s -60kg) are the others.
Malaysia won two gold medals in Guangzhou four years ago through R. Puvaneswaran (men’s -55kg) and Ku Jin Keat (men’s kata) but both have since retired.
G. Yamini and Jamaliah Jamaluddin won silver medals and Lim Lee Lee bronze in the women’s kata as Malaysia finished second in the karate medal tally behind Japan but that achievement will be tough to emulate this time.
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