Southeast Asian Games 2023

[Griff88 1,952]

6 hours ago, dcmdtruefan said:

Only 20 out of 32 Olympic sports were hosted at Cambodia, so this tally doesn't necessary show the full strengths and weaknesses of each country's performance nor indicative of how each country will preform in next year's Olympics. However, we can summarize that Vietnam has more depth in their expertise of most of the Olympic sports than any other country in the region, especially in the combat sports variety.

Vietnam's main issue has always been funding, that's why their success in SEA Games doesn't really translate to higher level. Their women's runners for example is actually able to challenge for medal in Asian Games (only losing to the imported Bahrainis) but they do not often get the chance to compete internationally or have an even better facility at home. If they can find a way out from this funding problem and get the best program available to their athletes, success will come.

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13 hours ago, dcmdtruefan said:

. Thailand, which has been the perennial powerhouse in the region from the late 1990's until the early 2010's, may be able to win a gold medal, but do not have the depth of world class/Asian level athletes it used to have some years ago. Considering that the country receives governmental support more so than private funding, its hopes may lie on whether the progressive coalition that won the recent general elections will be able to led the government and enact changes that can being positivity for its sports development. If the same old people, like the current Thai Olympic Committee president stays in power, expect Thailand to continue its gradual slide. 

 

Lucky they have skiing to fall back on, then.

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21 hours ago, Griff88 said:

Vietnam's main issue has always been funding, that's why their success in SEA Games doesn't really translate to higher level. Their women's runners for example is actually able to challenge for medal in Asian Games (only losing to the imported Bahrainis) but they do not often get the chance to compete internationally or have an even better facility at home. If they can find a way out from this funding problem and get the best program available to their athletes, success will come.

What you say about the Vietnamese being really talented without much funding amazes me in the fact that other nations in the SEA region, mostly the big dog like Thailand and others, have received more funding from their government and private enterprises, but yet can't produce the same results as Vietnam does. This tells me that if Vietnam can receive more funding, they can really excel in the Olympic sports at a global level, win gold medals in the Olympics with regularity and even have a chance to win world/Olympic medals in mainstream amateur sports like Athletics, Swimming and Gymnastics. 

 

For other countries in the Southeast Asian region to be as successful as Vietnam does, I think sports science and physical fitness needs to gain more attention because of the huge physical disadvantage that athletes in the region has against other parts of the world. Vietnam is probably the most physically gifted nation in the SEA region.

 

I do have a question for you:

 

What do you think about Indonesia's medal prospects at the 2023 Asian Games and 2024 Olympics?

 

 

Edited May 23, 2023 by dcmdtruefan

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15 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Lucky they have skiing to fall back on, then.

But Jet skiing is not the Olympic sports. And if you mean skiing like the winter skiing in the Olympics, Thailand is only good to have a a couple of athletes compete without any hopes of a medal.

 

One of the few Olympic Sports that Thailand might have some depth in terms of world class athletes is women's golf. And even with recent successes in winning the international crown tournament, that is hardly an indicator that they will an Olympic medal in a very competitive event. 

 

There's not much for Thailand to fall back on like before.  

[Griff88 1,952]

2 hours ago, dcmdtruefan said:

I do have a question for you:

 

What do you think about Indonesia's medal prospects at the 2023 Asian Games and 2024 Olympics?

 

 

Indonesia will rely on badminton, weightlifting, and speed climbing to win gold medals in both the Asian Games and Olympics.

 

For Asian Games, with the absence of pencak silat and no “host powers” to limit other countries from participating in some events, surely the medal prospects for Indonesia will be reduced. I predict 4-5 gold medals for Indonesia in Hangzhou.
 

Other sports with medal chances include wushu, archery, cycling (MTB and probably track), sepak takraw, karate, dragon boat, and artistic gymnastics (relying on Rifda Irfanaluthfi)

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6 hours ago, dcmdtruefan said:

But Jet skiing is not the Olympic sports. And if you mean skiing like the winter skiing in the Olympics, Thailand is only good to have a a couple of athletes compete without any hopes of a medal.

 

One of the few Olympic Sports that Thailand might have some depth in terms of world class athletes is women's golf. And even with recent successes in winning the international crown tournament, that is hardly an indicator that they will an Olympic medal in a very competitive event. 

 

There's not much for Thailand to fall back on like before.  

Sorry, Thai winter skiing is kind of a running gag here.  

[wamel042 18]

I am still looking for results of the SEAG 2023. The website is still active, but only for the para-event. Anyone some advice?

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7 hours ago, wamel042 said:

I am still looking for results of the SEAG 2023. The website is still active, but only for the para-event. Anyone some advice?

I have results of athletics, swimming, boxing and wrestling in PDF format

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8 hours ago, PHI2019 said:

I have results of athletics, swimming, boxing and wrestling in PDF format

Could you zend them to me? I am very interested.

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14 minutes ago, wamel042 said:

Could you zend them to me? I am very interested.

Yes. I sent you a message