Sibu, Miri to host four sports in 2016 Sukma

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SIBU: Sibu will get to host volleyball and beach volleyball while Miri will host Karate-do and sailing in the 2016 Sukma to be held in Sarawak.

The rest of the 24 sports will take place in Kuching.

This was confirmed by State Sports Council acting director Lucas Kallang Laeng on a visit to Sibu yesterday to hand over the state flag to the state fencing team for the Borneo International Open (BIO) Championship to be held in Brunei from Jan 25-28.

He said preparation for the 2016 Sukma was well underway, even though it is still a year away.

“We have already identified the elite athletes and their respective coaches and we need to prepare them early so that we can achieve good results.”

He said the athletes had already started decentralised training in their respective locations and centralised training was expected to start after August.

Sarawak had lifted the overall Sukma titles three times and has regularly taken the top three positions overall.