10 Sports You Didn't Know Malaysians Were Totally Good At
Not to discredit our dear Datuk Lee Chong Wei, but it's time to we give some due recognition to other sports that Malaysians have been acing.
Cover image via RAGE1. CrossFit: In just two years, 29-year-old Maslina Ismail has clenched several CrossFit titles across the South East Asia region
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2. Dodgeball: The sport involves two teams throwing balls at each other, and we're VERY good at it. The national dodgeball team won the silver and bronze medal recently at the world championships.
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3. Golf: Danny Chia is Malaysia's top golfer. In fact, he was the FIRST Malaysian ever to win on a professional tour!
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4. Floorball: Having won silver in the SEA Games last year, we're expecting our floorball teams to do even better in years to come!
Floorball is a fast-paced, exciting, safe and low-cost type of indoor hockey. At first glance, it resembles floor hockey or ball hockey but is played with specialized light-weight fibre glass or carbon fibre sticks and rules that promote safety and skill.
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5. Lawn bowling: Just last year at the Commonwealth Games, the national lawn bowl team secured a silver medal, after losing to Scotland
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According to the current lawn bowl world ranking, Malaysian veteran Hizlee Rais currently ranks number 3 in the world!
6. Rally motorsport racing: 23-year-old Kenneth Koh is Malaysia's youngest podium finisher
7. Weightlifting: We don't lack in strong men and it shows through the medals we've won over the years
8. DOTA 2: Recognised by the government as 'eSports', Team Malaysia is currently the 8th best team in the world and Southeast Asia's best!
Team Malaysia traces its roots to Orange eSports, which was formed by Team Malaysia captain Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung on 5 September 2011, Orange eSports then disbanded later in the year. After numerous member changes and reshuffling, Team Malaysia was formed in March 2015.
9. Wakeboarding: Aaliyah Yoong may only be 11-year-old, but she already has two SEA Games gold medal under her belt
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10. Archery: Just 3 months ago, the national women archery team made history by winning a gold medal at the Stage One 2015 Archery World Cup
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Earlier this year at the Singapore SEA Games, the men's trio of Mohd Juwaidi Mazuki, Lee Kin Lip and Zulfadli followed suit by edging Indonesia in a nail-biting contest. The match ended level at 222-222, but the Malaysians displayed superb calmness to post a 10 each for a perfect 30 to the Indonesians' 29 in the shoot-off.
