Simone Biles claims record eighth US crown on return
LONDON: Simone Biles has claimed a record eighth all-around US Championship less than a month after ending a two-year break from gymnastics. The 19-time world champion, 26, claimed the record-breaking crown – 10 years after winning her first – as she posted a total of 118.40, four clear of runner-up Shilese Jones, in San Jose, […]
Olympics one of hardest, most unbelievable things I’ve done
KUALA LUMPUR: National artistic gymnast Farah Ann Abdul Hadi has competed in various tournaments in the past decade, including in five World Championships, but nothing beats the thrill of her first Olympic outing in Tokyo. The 27-year-old said that competing in the Olympics had been one of the hardest and most unbelievable things she has […]
Aaron-Wooi Yik lift the gloom in Malaysian camp on Day 2
TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020 DAY Two of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games proved to be quite underwhelming as far as Malaysia is concerned after the national athletes failed to make much of an impact in their respective events today. The shuttlers, who are being banked on to deliver medals at the world’s biggest multi-sports Games, performed […]
Gymnastics federation determined to restore image
KUALA LUMPUR: The new leadership of the Malaysian Gymnastics Federation (MGF) does not want to look back but instead is determined to modernise and rebrand the parent body, especially after being plagued by internal turmoil last year. Its honorary secretary Afrita Ariany Nasril said part of the mission and vision of MGF now was to […]
