'WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS', AS SARAWAK TOPS SUKMA 2024 TABLE WITH 76 GOLDS - ABDUL KARIM SAYS

'WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS', AS SARAWAK TOPS SUKMA 2024 TABLE WITH 76 GOLDS - ABDUL KARIM SAYS

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KUCHING (AUGUST, 24): Sarawak has emerged victorious in its Sukma XXI campaign as the overall champion with 76 gold medals.

This was confirmed by Youth, Sport and Entrepreneur Development Minister Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, who posted on Facebook: “Kita juara (We are the champions).”

When contacted by The Borneo Post later, he said: “We are finally the Champion… after 30 years of waiting!!!”

Sarawak clinched its 76th gold medal through Cassandra Lavigne Shelden’s floor exercise win in artistic gymnastics at the Serian Convention Centre today.

This triumph ended Sarawak’s 30-year-wait for overall championship and marked its fourth time securing the title in the biennial Games.

In addition to the gold medals, Sarawak earned 54 silver and 69 bronze medals after 14 days of intense competition.

This year’s Games also saw Sarawak athletes set five new Sukma records, including Jonah Chang Rigan in Men’s Shot Put, Liew Yu Jie in Men’s Recurve 70 meter, Joey Tan Xing Lei in Women’s Recurve 70 meter, Ng Jing Xuan in Women’s Javelin Throw, and Puong Wei Hii in Men’s 200m Backstroke.

First held in 1986, Sukma was hosted in Sarawak in 1990 and 2016.

Sarawak emerged as the overall champion in the 1990 edition, and in 2016, it was just two gold medals short of defending the title.

This year, Sarawak has managed to reclaim its former glory and the elusive overall Sukma crown, a title they last held 30 years ago in 1994, following their previous victories in 1990 and 1992.

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