SANDAKAN: The Sabah contingent that will take part in the Sukma hosted by Pahang in July has targetted 24 gold medals.
Sabah Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Peter Pang said the target was a reasonable one and would surpass the medals won at the Terengganu Sukma in 2008 and Melaka Sukma in 2010.
Peter Pang said in Terengganu, the Sabah contingent won 22 gold medals and managed 23 gold medals in Melaka.
“I am confident that the contingent will be able to achieve the target or even perform better than the set target,” he said here yesterday.
He said Sabah would be competing in 20 of the 24 sports competed, namely aquatics, badminton, weightlifting, cycling, gymnastics, golf, karate, lawn bowls, archery, shooting, sailing, sepak takraw, football, taekwondo, boxing, petanque, athletics, tenpin bowling, pencak silat and squash.
Peter Pang said the Sabah Sukma contingent had listed 261 athletes, 47 coaches and 19 managers.
The Pahang Sukma will see participation from 14 state contingents and Brunei (invitation). — Bernama