Cambodian SEA Games team downsized

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia will send a team to the South East Asian Games half the size compared with that to the last version, local media reported Friday.

Thong Khon, president of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) told the Phnom Penh Post that they will send over 100 athletes and officials to compete in seven events in the upcoming 25th SEA Games in Vientiane, Laos in December. Over 200 were sent to the previous Games in Thailand 2007.

Cambodia's most successful one discipline during those games was petanque, with the team finishing second overall to Thailand, capturing two golds, three silvers and two bronzes then.

Thong Khon said the NOCC trains around 340 athletes in their sports training center, located in the grounds of Olympic Stadium, but called on all public to provide support for their drive for greater Cambodian sporting achievements.

The FOCC claimed they currently organize national championships in tennis, taekwondo, wrestling, boxing, athletics, beach volleyball, petanque (which they call simply petan) and 25 other sports, as well as frequent international friendly matches. (PNA/Xinhua)