Organisers
of the 32nd SEA Games have announced 38 official sports which will be played at
the event in May in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Competitors
will take part in a record 608 events when the tournament is held from May 5 to
17. The previous record was set in 2019 at the 30th Games when there were 530
events.
The
Morodok Techo National Stadium will be the venue for the opening and closing
ceremonies.
The
final list gathers many Olympic sports such as athletics, aquatic sports,
boxing, fencing, football and gymnastics.
Martial
arts such as karate, judo, taekwondo, pencak silat and a group of traditional
and local martial arts such as kun bokator arnis, jujitsu, kick boxing, vovinam
and kun khmer are listed as official sports.
New
and unfamiliar sports will be jet ski, obstacle race, floorball and
breakdancing.
Teqball,
a ball sport that is played on a curved table combining elements of football
and table tennis, is confirmed as a demonstration sport.
The
hosts denied requests of other countries who proposed to add Olympic sports
such as rowing, canoeing, shooting and archery in the final list, saying they
do not have athletes and suitable facilities to hold these events.
Cambodia
also ruled that only host athletes can compete in 100 per cent of combat sports
and martial arts while the rest could only take part in 70 per cent of total
events.
This
regulation has been strongly objected by all other countries but it is a final
decision.
On
October 17, Cambodia began the 200-day countdown to the main event.
After
the SEA Games, Cambodia will host the 12th Para Games from June 3 to 9.
32nd SEA Games sports. Athletics, aquatics, badminton, basketball, billiards, boxing, bodybuilding, chess, cycling, cricket, dance sport, E-sport, fencing, floorball, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, jet ski, judo, karate, mixed martial arts, obstacle race, pencak silat, petanque, sailing, sepak takraw, soft tennis, tennis, table tennis, taekwondo, traditional boat race, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, wushu, wrestling, and teqball. VNS
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