Wednesday July 29, 2009
Taekwondo team not going to Laos
KUALA LUMPUR: The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) have decided not to send the taekwondo team to the Laos SEA Games in December.
OCM honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said this was because Malaysia did not have a legitimate governing body for the sport as the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA) were deregistered on July 5, 2007 by the Sports Commissioner.
Taekwondo, embroiled in controversy since 2005, was not among the 20 sports listed by OCM for the Laos SEA Games.
In the SEA Games, scheduled from Dec 9-18, Malaysia are taking part in 20 of the 25 sports – aquatics, archery, athletics, badminton, billiard & snooker, boxing, cycling, football, golf, judo, karate-do, pencak silat, petanque, sepak takraw, shooting, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting and wushu. — Bernama
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