WHILE some continued to flounder, Malaysia's combat sports enjoyed a positive year in general with the Kuala Lumpur Sea Games in August being the highlight for many of them. A lot is at stake for the pencak silat squad in 2018 with the sport making its debut at the Indonesia Asian Games. The seni discipline saw Afifi Nordin (men's singles), Taqiyuddin Hamid-Rosli Sharif (men's doubles) and Nor Hamizah Hassan-Sur Syazreen Malik (women’s doubles) all contributing titles. Malaysia also came out tops in the wushu competition at the Sea Games with a six gold, five silver and three bronze haul. There was no happy ending for the national judo exponents either as they failed to break a 36-year gold drought at the Sea Games.

Source: New Strait Times December 24, 2017 03:00 UTC