SHAH ALAM, Aug 18 — It was a good showing for the Selangor SUKMA contingent today as well, with the current medal tally at 62 — 23 gold, 24 silver and 15 bronze.
The Selangor women’s kabbadi team made up for their 2024 loss in Sarawak by taking home the SUKMA gold at MBSJ Stadium this afternoon.
They beat the Federal Territories 34-33 in a tense final that saw both teams fight tooth and nail to the end.
Squad member Thurgasri Arumugam stole the show by scoring point after point and pushing Selangor ahead of the game, but the opponents fought back in the second half and evened the tally.
Selangor captain Sankari Pushpanathan said she is happy with the victory, even with the narrow win.
“We are proud because we’ve been training for a long time, actually. At least 11 months we’ve trained for this gold, so we are very happy.
In the same arena, just one point kept Selangor’s men’s kabbadi squad away from SUKMA gold.
In the men’s final at MBSJ Stadium in Serdang Jaya this afternoon, Selangor gave Kedah a tight contest but a few small errors towards the end of the match put gold out of the home team’s grasp, and they had to settle for silver.
Meanwhile, SUKMA Selangor contingent head Abbas Adzmi Salimmi said he is happy with the kabbadi camp’s achievements this edition.
“Overall, I am still happy with Selangor’s kabbadi squads that made it to the finals, and we got one gold medal and one silver,” he told Media Selangor.
The Selangor men’s cricket team similarly resolved their 2024 disappointment by clinching gold in their SUKMA final against Johor at Bayuemas Oval in Klang.
The state squad stayed dominant with 211 runs compared with Johor’s 109 runs, ending their competition’s reign as T50 cricket champion.
Johor had to settle for silver, while Kelantan took bronze.
At the MBPJ Astaka Sports Complex, Nickhileswar Moganasundharam won silver in the squash men’s singles in his match against Perak’s Low Wa Sern.
Over in Kajang at INSPEN Stadium, Nur Ieka Hariesya Zainal Habsahli gave the state archery camp its first medal with her silver from the 70m recurve event.
She scored 643 points in a tight match against Sarawak’s Joey Tan Xing Lei, but had to settle for second.
In Klang at Bayuemas Indoor Stadium, Khairunisa Aisy Mohd, Puteri Aira Azman Shah, Nur Dina Najwa Tarmizi, and Damia Aleesya Mohd Irman added another silver to Selangor’s tally in the women’s fours after losing 5-17 to Johor.
Their men’s triples teammates, Iffat Amri Rosli, Adam Danial Mohamad, Andrian Armani Khabini, and Aiman Haziq Ahmad, also scored silver after losing 13-17 to Sabah in a closely fought contest.
At UPM Stadium in Serdang, Jerusha Olive Jason took home bronze for Selangor in the 1,500m race, finishing third in 4:59.100s behind her Federal Territories and Johor competitors.
Fellow runner Lim Mei Yin overtook Terengganu’s Nor Aliya Najihah Muda to finish the 200m race in 24.86s and clinch silver, but fell short of another Terengganu runner Izzatul Musfirah Ahmad Kamal Azira, who took gold.
SUKMA Selangor 2026 will end on August 24 with 469 events in 37 sports, while Para SUKMA will be held from September 5 to 14 with 316 events in 10 sports.
As host, Selangor is targeting 80 gold medals.
