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Malaysian sports exec worried SEA Games food 'too good to resist'

December 3, 2019

The New Clark City Athletics Stadium in Capas, Tarlac is not the first ever sports facility was certified as "Class 1" by the International Association of Athletics Federation.

Turns out that it hasn't been the only world-class facility in the area.

While the opening of the Southeast Asian Games was marred by issues involving food and logistics, foreign athletes at the Athletes' Village in New Clark City were faced with a good problem: having too much delicious food.

In an article on the New Strait Times, Datuk Mumtaz Jaafar, the deputy president of the Malaysian Athletics Federation, said the food being served in the Athletes' Village is "simply too good to resist."

Mumtaz added that the kitchen also offers a wide-ranging menu and serves up to six meals a day.

"We arrived three days before athletics start and, after looking at the mess hall, I’m worried that some of my athletes might over-indulge and put on extra weight," she said.

Mumtaz added the food is even better than those served at some hotels.

Aside from its wide-ranging menu, the kitchen is also open 23 hours every day.

Athletes are being served breakfast starting from 5 a.m., while the last call for supper is at 4 a.m. the next day. There are also four more scheduled "feeding times" in between.

“With the athletics venue across the road from the Village, I'm afraid they might have too much time in their hands and the mess hall might become the focal point,” Mumtaz said

Aside from the kitchen, the Village also has a total of 723 rooms, a swimming pool, a basketball court, a gym, conference rooms and an athletes' lounge. The main dining hall could also fit a thousand people.

Mumtaz also inspected the track at the stadium and found it to be "a little soft" since it's a new facility.

“It’s a new stadium with a newly-laid track and I found it to be a little soft. That’s one of the reasons why we came early so that our runners can get used to the condition here,” she said.

The open-air Athletics Stadium will be used for the track and field events of the biennial meet, which will include dash, pole vault and discuss throw.

The athletics tournament will be held from December 6 to 10.

The SEA Games will run until December 11.
 
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Vietnam is doing good job on sport now, in the old days Vietnam usually sit in the bottom.
 
Vietnam is doing good job on sport now, in the old days Vietnam usually sit in the bottom.

2003 Southeast Asian Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao Đông Nam Á 2003), officially known as the 22nd Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Hanoi, Vietnam. This was the first time in history Vietnam hosted the Southeast Asian Games and the first time East Timor participated at the Southeast Asian Games.

Vietnam is taken the first place.:yahoo:

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Indonesia basketball team lost to Thailand :sad:

This is the result of changing the coach just 2 months before the game :pissed:

Thailand use 1 naturalization player while Indonesia are all local player
 
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Tight game, Indonesia won over Malaysia Basketball team with 101: 90

 
⚛ #SEAGames2019 | Medal Tally As of Dec.7 (3:30pm)

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congrats to indonesia and philippines
however Vietnamese are not seriously interested of such sports, we are more interested of football (the clash Vietnam vs Indonesia in the football final will be an interesting event). or F1 racing.

I hope tourists to come to Vietnam F1 next April :-)

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⚛ #SEAGames2019 | Medal Tally as of Dec.9 (7:45pm)

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Why the host country always win the event.... i mean number one...
 
Why the host country always win the event.... i mean number one...

I think due to better preparation and other country is not stronger enough. In late 1980 and 1990's Indonesia always won regardless who hosted the SEAGAMES.

Tight Game Indonesia vs Philippine basketball, women. Indonesian players are all local while Philippine use 2 American Philippine players.

 

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