KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia are confident they can become overall champions for the third time in the sixth edition of Asean Schools Games although hosts Brunei have reduced the number of sports from 12 to seven.
The Games, which began in 2010, will begin Saturday and end on Nov 29.
A total of 88 gold medals will be up for grabs in athletics, badminton, golf, netball, pencak silat, swimming and sepak takraw.
National contingent chief Zainuren Mohd Nor said that they’ve set a target of winning 26 gold medals in their bid to become overall champions.
“All our 122 athletes are mentally and physically prepared for action in all seven sports. We believe that they will deliver the goods in Brunei,” said Zainuren, who is also the Selangor Sports Education director.
Dr Mehander Singh, the Malaysian Education Ministry’s director of sports department, handed over the Jalur Gemilang to Zainuren at the Olympic Hall at the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) on Friday.
Malaysia did not feature in the first Asean Schools Games in Suphanburi, Thailand, in 2010. Malaysia emerged champions in Kuala Lumpur in 2011 and in Marikina City, the Philippines, last year.
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