2011–2012 Sukma Games
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On 27 May 2010, the National Sports Council of Malaysia had decided the
Sukma Games The Sukma Games (, lit.: Malaysian Games) is a biennial national multi-sport event involving young athletes from Malaysia's 13 states and 3 Federal Territories. The games are regulated by the National Sports Council of Malaysia, the state spo ...
would be held annually, with the National Sports Council holding the games every odd year in Kuala Lumpur, and the state holding the games every even year. It was also decided that the odd year Sukma Games would only feature optional sports while the even year Sukma Games would include 19 core sports and 5 optional sports. The 2011 Sukma Games, officially known as the 14th Sukma Games, were held from 2 to 12 June 2011 and featured 19 optional sports, whereas the 2012 Sukma Games, officially known as the 15th Sukma Games, were held in Pahang from 9 to 16 July 2012 and featured 24 sports.


Organisation


Venues

The 15th Sukma Games had 19 venues for the games, 17 in Kuantan and 1 each in Temerloh and Pekan respectively. while the 14th Sukma Games had 13 venues for the games, 7 in Kuala Lumpur, 5 in Selangor and 1 in Putrajaya respectively. ;15th Sukma Games ;14th Sukma Games


Marketing


Logo

The Logo of the 2012 Sukma Games is an image of the elephant, a symbol of Pahang. Besides representing Pahang, the elephant represents the welcoming of the arrival of all participating states from Malaysia. There are five colours on the logo, the black and white represents the state of Pahang, the red represents the fighting spirit of all participating athletes in achieving victory, the blue represents the sporting and unity spirit of all Malaysians and the yellow represents Pahang as a sovereign constitutional monarchy and the pride, the cheers and the honour of all people involved in making the 2012 Sukma Games a success. Overall, it represents the prosperous Pahang and the welcoming of all participating states and Malaysians to Pahang as host of the games.


Mascot

The mascots of the 2012 Sukma Games is a group of four elephants together as a family namely: Tahan (Father), Puteh (Mother), Rajah (Son), and Teku (Daughter), the four elephants are named after respective mountains found within Pahang. The adoption of elephant, the state symbol as the games' mascot is to promote the state's eco-tourism. Meanwhile, the mascot of the 2011 Sukma Games is a Malayan tiger named Harimau Muda (Youth Tiger).


Songs

The theme song of the 2012 Sukma Games is "Satu Tujuan" (One Aim).


The games


Participating states

;2011–2012 Sukma Games * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;2012 Sukma Games only *


Sports

;2011 Sukma Games * Aquatics ** ** * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** Beech ;2012 Sukma Games * Aquatics ** ** * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** Indoor


Medal table

;2011 Sukma Games ;2012 Sukma Games ;Combined


Broadcasting

Radio Televisyen Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia (, Jawi: ; abbreviated as RTM, stylised as rtm), also known as the Department of Broadcasting, Malaysia (; Jawi: ) is the national public broadcaster of Malaysia, headquartered at Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur. Establi ...
was responsible for live streaming of several events, opening and closing ceremony of the games.


Concerns and controversies

* On 9 July, 12 Johor women hockey players suffered food poisoning after taking their meals on Friday at the Games Village at Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) including key players – Nordalila Ramlee and Zaimah Mohd Nasir who were recuperate at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan.


Related events


Paralympiad Malaysia

The 16th Paralympiad Malaysia was held in Pahang from 9 to 14 December.


References


External links


2011 Sukma Games official website

2012 Sukma Games official website

2012 Sukma Games Unofficial Website
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Sukma Sukma is a town in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, India. Geography The coordinates for Sukma are with an elevation of 210 m above MSL.http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/37/Sukma.html Map and weather of Sukma Location Sukma is connected t ...