SEA Games fiasco

BASED on experience and past credentials, they were expected to help boost the country’s gold medal haul. They came in as the overwhelming favourites but crumbled under the weight of expectations. STARSPORT takes a look at some of the top athletes who failed to deliver at the recent Games.

SINGAPORE 2015 KHAIRUL Anuar Mohamed (Archery)

T former world o. was a class aoe there stint he region and was poised to defend his indi idual gold with ease. But he suffered a shocking -1 loss to unheralded ingaporean Tan i Lie in the quarter-finals.

PALEMBANG 2011 JAMALIAH Jamaluddin (Karate)

The 2010 uang hou Asian ames sil er medallist was aiming for a hat-trick of golds in the 6 kg kumite ut crashed out in the first round.

KORAT 2007 AMIRUL Hamizan Ibrahim (weightlifting)

AMIRUL went to Thailand as the 2002 Manchester ommonwealth ames triple gold medallist ut failed to get on the rostrum in the men’s 56kg after failing to record a lift in the clean and jerk.

MANILA 2005 LEE Hup Wei (Athletics)

T stage was all set for Lee up ei to make a grand de ut in the hilippines. e was tipped to win after ha ing soared to a new personal est of 2.20m three months prior to the ames. up ei managed just 2.11m to finish fourth as Malaysia’s proud dominance since 1 came to an end.