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Schedule and results: https://wrs.gmsmate.com/seagames2025/ Broadcast graphics looks quite good too

Yeah there was a dispute regarding stipend months earlier among the top players and the BAT for the SEA Games. Pornpawee had actually resigned from the team but after a few negotiations, she stays in the team. The players who had qualified for the World Tour Finals must be under pressure by the higher ups, as the scheduling made it possible to actually play in individual events and later in the World Tour Finals.

I think business as usual, because we are not mining medals in swimming and athletics. At best we could be third on the medal tally. Our aquatics federation did a lot of preparation compared to previous editions, let's see how they fare against Singapore and Vietnam. Athletics held training camp in Japan and Kenya. In badminton we only send the best young athletes, but people expect Thailand to dominate as they send all their world class players (as you might expect from a host).

Same thing happened to the sport climbing, the Indonesian Olympians are not joining, so we send junior athletes instead (which has better times than most Southeast Asian climbers anyway). The Indonesian Sport Climbing Federation president said that "there are pressure to ensure we do not include our top athletes".

First event to start tomorrow... but the result page is still coming soon. The local Thais are unhappy with the mess in ticketing and preparation in general. Some even commented "you are preparing like a TV cooking show" in the official Facebook page

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I'll join, entry will be revealed later on

Also sitting a few rows below Sugihara's mother means I was also on TV a few times

By no means a skilled person in taking photos, but here are some snaps from the stands

Just finished a dream trip to Japan recently... Also included a visit to Expo 2025 and Japan Olympic Museum too

Yeah it's very unfortunate about Rifda. Even forming a team for this championships is also a drama. 19 yo Naufal Takdir passed away due to training accident, Fajar Rohman injured and had to be replaced by Joseph Hatoguan (2023 SEA Games bronze in floor) who is just cleared to compete after he got diagnosed with cancer Seems like we're cursed.

Could be both. The sport is indeed not that popular here. Not many common people know about the event until it went viral for the wrong reason (Israeli athletes participation). Tickets are already cheap (almost 60% cheaper than in 2023), but maybe still too expensive for non gymnastics fans. Currently the Premium VIP tickets for the apparatus finals are already sold out, I believe the buyers are mostly foreigners. If only Rifda Irfanaluthfi is still competing, maybe it could boost the crowd numbers a bit.

Thanks. I'll be going today and the last day, since this level of event doesn't happen often here

Not even an hour passed an the local announcer has mistaken Austria for Australia... Anyway almost half of the spectators foreign spectarors. A Brazilian family beside me, a group of Brits not far from them, and a Norwegian group at the tribune across of my seat