Movement of the 32nd SEA Games in Phnom Penh Cambodia will host the competition for the first time between May 5-17, 2023, with 37 sports scheduled to compete with 608 gold medals, which is the highest number of medals gold Since the SEA Games are played together
Recently, Prof. (Special) Charoen Wattanasin, Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand and the Council of the SEA Games of Thailand revealed that in other sports there should be no problem except “boxing” (thai boxing), which will compete for 17 gold medals, because Cambodia will bring “Kun Khmer”, which is its national sport. come compete in this Games SEA who said there would be a problem because “Kun Khmer” has no international sports organization to certify, including International Amateur Muay Thai Federation (IFMA), Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) , as well as the International Olympic Committee (IO) c) Although they have previously attempted to establish the ASEAN Boxing Federation. Before adapting to the Asian Boxing Federation member nations protested that it violated SEA Games Sports Federation regulations.
Thailand’s SEA Games minister said the only way Cambodia will be organized smoothly is through Ifma required certification Which here depends on Ifma. As for Thailand, if there is no international sports organization that has been accepted for certification do not send Muay Thai athletes to participate in the competition due to the risk of being punished by the mentioned international sports organization
“Until now, I still believe that Cambodia Surely will make every effort to organize the “Kunkhmer” competition in this battle of SEA Games. Which member nations agree and should be sent to the competition, there should be Vietnam, Laos, Timor Leste and the host, which will complete 4 nations according to the SEA Games Federation statute, however, the host will be closed to send of Athletes (ENTry Form By Number) on Jan 21, then the Federation with “Big Nat” Mr. Chaiyaphak Siriwat is the CEO of the Federation. There will be a final meeting with member countries. to decide which of the 37 sports will be excluded For each type of sport to be able to compete, there must be at least 4 countries sending athletes to participate in the competition. It cannot be less than this,” Prof. Charoen stressed.
For the “Phnom Penh Games 2023”, a total of 37 sports were held, with 608 gold medals competing for the sport, and the number of gold medals in each sport as follows: athletics 47 gold, water sports ( swimming 39 gold, diving 4 gold, water polo 2 gold, finswimming 24 gold), badminton 8 gold, basketball 4 gold, pool-snooker 10 gold, boxing 17 gold, bodybuilding 15 gold, chess 12 gold, cricket 8 gold. , Bicycle 9 gold, Dancesports 12 gold. , Esports 9 gold, Fencing 12 gold, Floorball 2 gold
Football 2 gold, Golf 4 gold, Artistic gymnastics 8 gold, Aerobic gymnastics 5 gold, Hockey 4 gold, Jet Ski 6 gold, Judo 13 gold, Karate 17 gold, Arnis 12 gold, Jujitsu 13 gold, Kickboxing 17 gold, Kunbokator 21 gold , Boxing 17 gold, Vovinam 30 gold, Obstacle Race 4 gold, Panchaksi.Lat 22 gold, Petanque 11 gold, Sailing 9 gold, Soft tennis 7 gold, Sepak Takraw 22 gold, Table tennis 7 gold, Taekwondo 24 gold, Long boat 13 gold, Tennis 7 gold, Triathlon 7 gold., Volleyball 4 gold, Weightlifting 14 gold, Wrestling 30 gold, Wushu 24 gold.
