A HAUL of 111 gold medals might seem like a tall order, but according to Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, this projection is based purely on the current form of our athletes taking part in the 29th SEA Games, which officially kicked off yesterday.
It has been 16 years since Malaysia last played host, and as luck would have it, we hit that staggering figure in 2001, too. So it’s easy to see this looking like a walk in the park. But that is a sensational statistic.
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