マレーシア・ニュース

今年のオリンピアンは誰の手に？

マレーシア・オリンピック協会は昨日（12/13）、今年のオリンピアンのノミネートをリストアップした。今年開かれたマルチ・スポーツイベントは先だってフィリピンで行われた第23回シーゲームのみであったことから、この大会が選考の基準となる。
選考はメダルの獲得数によって決まるのか、それとも選手のパフォーマンスの質によって決まるのかが焦点となる。男子は個人競技が６名、団体競技が２チーム、女子は個人が７名、団体が１チームほどノミネートされている。

（写真は女子でノミネートされたフォン・シュー選手。彼女はシーゲームで個人として３つ、団体で１つの金メダルを獲得している。）

[ 12月15日　21：31　ＭＣＳ]

ニュース・ソース

Who will be Olympians?

BASED solely on the 23th SEA Games in the Philippines which was the only multi-sports event held in 2005, the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) yesterday short-listed the nominees for the Olympian of the Year award on Friday.
Question is, are the selectorss going to select the winners based on the number of models won or on the quality of performance?
OCM secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said the final decision to pick the winners will be made tomorrow.
"Our winners will come from those who excelled in the multi-sports events held during the year'" said Kok Chi.
Six individual candidates and two teams have been nominated for the male category, while there are seven individual athletes and one team vying for the female award.
Heading the men's category is Ng Shu Wai who won three individual gold medals and one team gold medal in men's artistic gymnastic. He remains the first male gymnast to win more than two gold medals in biennial event.
Swinmmer Lim Keng Liat picked up two individual gold medals, in the 100m and 200m backstroke while Daniel Bego won two individual gold medals, in the 100m butterfly and 200m freestyle.
Another candidate from the pools is diver Yeoh Ken Nee who grabbed two individual gold medals.
Archer Lian Hong Keong won one individual gold metal and one team gold medal in compound bow while bowling's trios team comprising Daniel Lim, Aaron Kong and Zulmazran Zulkifli also formed the team of five that grabbed the gold.
Hurdler Shahadan Jamaluddin is also a nominees after becoming the first Malaysian to win the men's 400m hurbles since Simit Bolkiah in 1977.
The sepak takraw regu team comprising Normanizam Ahmad, Mohamed Putra Abd. Ghani, Mohd Zulkarnain Arif, Mohammed Saifuding Hussin and Mohammed Azman Nasaruddin have been nominated for rising to the occasion and out performing themselves to win the inter regu event, Malaysia's first gold since the 1993 Singapore Games.
The women nominees are Foong Seow Ting who won three individual gold medals and one team gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics, 2001 winner Leong Mun Yee who scooped gold in 10m platform and one gold in 10m synchronised diving, Ngew Sin Mei who broke the women's triple jump record, Roslinda Sansu who soared to a new mark in women's pole vault, Siti Shahidah Abdullah who cracked the hanner throw record, cyclist Nor Azian Alias, shooter Bibiana Ng who shot down the SEA Games mark in 25m sports pistol and last but not least, shuttlers Wong Pei Tty and Chin Eei Hui who won the women's doubles team gold, our first since 1977.
OCM who held their seventh board meeting yesterday also deceded to present a special award to squash star Nicol Ann David for her extraordinary outstanding achievements.
Her CV reads two time World Junior Champion, 1998 Asian Games Champion, the World Games gold medal, the British Open and the World Championship and the World No 1 rank, all in 2005.

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