PETALING JAYA: It will be a divine moment when Josephine Mary and her daughter Shereen Vallabouy reunite as coach and athlete, after five years, at the world athletics championships in Oregon, in the US, beginning Friday. Josephine will be the team manager and stand-in coach for US-based 400m runner, Shereen, and the other Malaysian representative …
By Saktesh Subramaniam – The Vibes KUALA LUMPUR – With new leadership at the helm at the Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF), former national high-jump athlete Lee Hup Wei hopes the fresh management will take greater initiative in lifting Malaysian athletics to a higher level. During the MAF elections last Sunday, Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan …
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KUALA LUMPUR: Good genes are not enough to ensure success, but hard work and discipline are what lead to real success. This was Better Malaysia Foundation (BMF) chairman Tan Sri Vincent Tan’s advice for Malaysian athlete Shereen Samson Vallabouy who is currently pursuing her degree in Tourism and Recreation at Winona State University in Minnesota, …
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PETALING JAYA: National 110m hurdler Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian (pic) has received a German boost ahead of the Vietnam SEA Games from May 12-23. Rayzam revealed that his coach Jan May has returned to Malaysia on Saturday to train him before the Games. And the presence of the German has now fired up the 34-year-old …
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Coach Manshahar Abdul Jalil feels that the five-gold medal target set for the national athletics team at next month’s Hanoi Sea Games is achievable. Malaysian Athletics Federation president Datuk S.M Muthu had announced the five gold, seven silver and seven bronze target last month. At the last Sea Games two years ago, Malaysia won five …
