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Osman: We will win five golds
FOR the past eight SEA Games, Malaysia's silat squad have only failed
to win a gold medal once -- at the 1997 Jakarta Games.
They , however, had five silver and seven bronze medals to show then.
This year, the silat exponents are ready to deliver five gold medals.
"We are confident of delivering five gold medals despite the National
Sports Counsil's (NSC) projection of only four," said assistant team
manager Osman Nok.
Four out of the five gold medals are expected to come from the silat olahraga
category while Suzy Sulaiman is poised to win the only gold from the silat
seni category.
"Our five medal prospects have produced consistent results all-year
round, which we have taken into consideration , before making our prediction,"
said Osman.
The four golds form the silat olahraga category are expected to come from
Mohd Azrin Abdul Malek, Abang Erdie Fauzeral Abang Fauzan, Ahmad Shahril
Zailudin, Mohd Zuber Ismail and Mohd Azrin Abdul Malek.
All five won World Championships titles in their respective categories
at last year's meet in Singapore and also won in this year's Paris, Belgium
and Switzerland Opens.
"We are also expectiong some surprises from the other exponents in
the squad,who have improved in the past year," added Osman.
The silat contingent arrived home yesterday, after a five-day sparring
stint in Bankok.
The team will leave for Cebu Island on Nov 27.
[The Malay Mail 31/10/2005]
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