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| Photo credited to Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia |
Online sporting events became the only way for some athletes to compete in their respective sports. And some of these online or virtual competitions gave our Southeast Asian athletes to enhance their skills and excel.
For the past months, e-kata discipline of karate just gave James De Los Santos of the Philippines to be a top performer in virtual competitions. In total, James gathered 26 gold medals in different virtual competitions and the recent was the final leg of Venice Cup. He is now hailed as the number 1 e-kata athlete.
In the Malaysian International Online Diving Competition 2020, Malaysian top divers dominated the 2-day competition which was participated by divers from Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
The first day saw Ooi Tze Liang won in the 3 meter spring board event while his fellow diver Chew Yiwei came second place. Nur Dhabitah Sabri and Ng Yan Yee's ruled the 3 meter sychro event in the same day.
In the last day of competition, Malaysia added 3 more gold medals - Ng Yan Yee in women's 3m spring board individual, Ooi
Tze Liang and Chew Yiwei in the 3m springboard synchro while Pandelela Rinong and Leong Mun Yee won a 10 meter synchro platform event.
The tournament was organized by the Malaysian Swimming Federation (MAS).
Meanwhile powerhouse Vietnam held its annual National Athletics Championship to evaluate the quality of athletes training in localities. At the same time, the event was a selection for excellent athletes to train and prepare them for the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam and the 2021 Olympics in Japan.
The yearly competition also served to identify young talents for international competitions.
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