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Know Your Athlete: Basma Lachkar

Know Your Athlete: Basma Lachkar
Basma Lachkar is a two-time SEA Games silver medallist finishing in the runners-up in the women's taijiquan event. The 17-year-old was a former Sports School athlete and loves watching comedies after a long day. We at BruSports News had the opportunity to get to know her better. Q: How did you get into wushu? A:…
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Know Your Athlete: Hyde Nathania Hijium

Know Your Athlete: Hyde Nathania Hijium
Hyde Nathania Hijium was previously into track and field and even won medals for the school team before getting into the national taekwondo team. The 22-year-old is the eldest among three siblings and is currently studying civil engineering at Politeknik Brunei. She is the first Poomsae (artistic) athlete in Brunei and she took some time…
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Know Your Athlete: Norhidayat Abdul

Know Your Athlete: Norhidayat Abdul
Mohamad Norhidayat Hj Abdul is dubbed the first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athlete from Brunei and holds a 5-1-0 record (1-1-0 in ONE Warrior Series). We at BruSports News linked up with the 30-year-old, who is celebrating his birthday today (April 26), to find out how it all began for him. Q: How did you…
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Know Your Athlete: Anisah Najihah

Know Your Athlete: Anisah Najihah
With the suspension of sporting events due to the COVID-19 situation, BruSports News will be running a 'Know Your Brunei Athlete' series to get to know them better. We will kick things off with pencak silat exponent Anisah Najihah Abdullah as she tells us about her journey so far. Q: Let’s start by telling us…
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Brunei athletes find ways to stay in shape

Brunei athletes find ways to stay in shape
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT’S been over three weeks since all national training sessions have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. However, that hasn’t stopped our national athletes from staying at the top of their game. We at BruSports News had a chance to catch up with some of them recently to…
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Eazy cuts short Bali training camp after OWS11 called off

Eazy cuts short Bali training camp after OWS11 called off
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN AHMED Faez ‘Eazy’ Anuar will have to wait a little longer before his third fight in the ONE Warrior Series. Brunei’s top MMA athlete was scheduled to fight in the 11th edition of OWS in Singapore on April 23 but the event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation. He…
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National wushu team produce best showing to date

National wushu team produce best showing to date
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national wushu team produced their best showing at the SEA Games since making their debut in 2009. They added one silver and one bronze medals in the final day of the wushu competition at the 30th SEA Games today bringing their haul to one gold, three silver and two bronze…
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Anisah delivers bronze in women’s pencak silat

Anisah delivers bronze in women’s pencak silat
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT was a SEA Games debut to remember for pencak silat athlete Anisah Najihah Abdullah after she finished third out of eight competitors in the women’s seni tunggal event in the Philippines this morning. The 22-year-old tallied 451 points to win the bronze medal at the Subic Bay Exhibition and…
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Mohd Adi Salihin ends Brunei’s SEA Games gold drought

Mohd Adi Salihin ends Brunei’s SEA Games gold drought
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI ended their six-year wait for a gold medal at the SEA Games after wushu athlete Mohammad Adi Salihin Roslan finished at the top of the podium in the men's nandao/nangun combined event today. He took an overnight lead after notching 9.64 points in the nandao event yesterday and tallied…
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National wushu team bag 2 silver medals on opening day

National wushu team bag 2 silver medals on opening day
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national wushu team delivered two silver medals on the first day of competition at the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines on Sunday. Basma Lachkar bagged the first silver in the women’s taijiquan event after recording 9.55 points at the World Trade Centre in Pasay, Metro Manila. The 16-year-old, who…
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