ASIA-SPORTS: SOUTHEAST ASIANS FRET OVER LACK OF MEDALS

Inter Press Service English News Wire | September 9, 1999 | Copyright

Inter Press Service English News Wire
09-09-1999
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sep. 8 (IPS) -- When the curtain fell on
the biggest sporting extravaganza in Southeast Asia here last
month, the region's lack of winning athletes was a sore point.
When the SEA Games, then known as the Southeast Asia and
Peninsular Games (SEAP), were first held in 1959, the idea was for
them to serve as a springboard for producing world champions.
Now, 40 years down the road, the quest for global supremacy for
many Southeast Asian athletes remains elusive.
Except for the likes of Indonesians Susi Susanti and Rashid
...

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