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Cambodia SEA Games: hopes well beyond alive and kicking for karate gold 

Chef-de-mission optimistic with new head coach at helm

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 27 Mar 2023 10:32PM

Cambodia SEA Games: hopes well beyond alive and kicking for karate gold 
Cambodia SEA Games chef-de-mission for the Malaysian contingent, Datuk Mohd Nasir Ali has placed high hopes on karate to deliver the goods, especially since the federation now has a new chief coach from Egypt, Tamer Abdelraouf Mohamed Mourssy, at the helm. – Bernama pic, March 27, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – Karate, a sport that has always lived up to expectations by contributing gold medals in the SEA Games, is again on the radar of the Malaysian SEA Games contingent since the 2023 Cambodia SEA Games is just around the corner.

Cambodia SEA Games chef-de-mission for the Malaysian contingent, Datuk Mohd Nasir Ali has placed high hopes on karate to deliver the goods, especially since the federation now has a new chief coach from Egypt, Tamer Abdelraouf Mohamed Mourssy, at the helm.

“I am confident that the karate squad will contribute even more gold medals than what the sport had won at the Vietnam SEA Games last year,” he told reporters after visiting the team’s preparations for the SEA Games, here today.

In Vietnam, the karate squad ended their campaign with four gold and six bronze medals.

Meanwhile, speaking of the SEA Games Torch Run, Mohd Nasir said the run has been scheduled to be held in the capital on April 11, and participated by current and former athletes.

The Torch Run had started in Cambodia last Tuesday and the run was held around the historic Angkor Wat before heading to participating countries, namely Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.

The Torch will return to Cambodia on April 27. – Bernama, March 27, 2023

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