2022 Asian Games: Stage is set for national para-athletes to show their mettle
HANGZHOU: Thirteen days after the 2022 Asian Games came to a close, it is now the turn of the nation’s 113 ‘extraordinary’ athletes to display their prowess when 2022 Para Asian Games officially opens, here tomorrow. Armed with the same fighting spirit, the national warriors will be shouldering the country’s honour in 14 of the […]
Rooting for our para-athletes
KUCHING: Sarawakians are cheering for the para-athletes to bring glory to the state by winning gold medals in the upcoming SUKMA Para Games. A total of 6,606 athletes will take part in the 20th SUKMA which will be held in Kuala Lumpur from September 16 to 24. It will feature 426 events in 31 sports […]
Fruitful programme for athletes
KUCHING: The state’s strategic planning through its Athlete Development Programme has proven to be fruitful following the success of Sarawakians Bonnie Bunyau Gustin and Jong Yee Khie in bringing home a gold and silver medal respectively during the recent Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020. Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said among […]
State incentives for Paralympians: Bonnie gets RM500,000, Jong RM300,000
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has awarded incentives totalling RM800,000 to two Sarawakian Paralympic athletes, namely, Bonnie Bunyau Gustin and Jong Yee Khie, who won the gold and silver medal respectively in powerlifting at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020. Bonnie received an incentive of RM500,000 while Jong received RM300,000, which were presented by Chief Minister Datuk […]
A new frontier for athletes with disabilities
KUCHING: See the potential and abilities of disabled people instead of their disabilities, said the Welfare, Community Welfare, Women, Family and Child Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “My experience working with these people is that they do not want pity from us. They want dignity,” she said. “So let us provide better infrastructure, intervention, […]
99 days to Tokyo Paralympics
KUALA LUMPUR: With just 99 more days to go until the Tokyo Paralympic Games, it seems like the para-athletes cannot wait to release the scream stuck in their throats when they compete in Japan, in August. In a special video of the 100-day countdown to Tokyo posted by the Paralympic Games on YouTube last night, […]
Postponed Paralympics must ‘guarantee’ no coronavirus
TOKYO: Next year’s Paralympics need to be able to guarantee zero coronavirus cases, the head of the Games has told AFP, adding that they cannot go ahead if protection measures don’t improve. The warning from International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons comes as Tokyo marks exactly one year to the postponed Games on Monday, with […]
