Mon, 13
November 2017
Wheelchair-bound
for the next few weeks at least following her recent knee surgery in South
Korea, taekwondo star Sorn Seavmey is anxiously waiting for the day she can
return to the mat and work out.
The
22-year-old Rio Olympics qualifier and 2014 Asian Games gold medallist stormed
to SEA Games glory in Malaysia two months ago before undergoing knee ligament
surgery to fix a niggling injury that had been bothering her for well over a
year and a half.
According
to her long-time coach Choi Yong Sok, Seavmey has been advised by the doctors
to remain in a wheelchair for a few more weeks before walking on her own.
Since
she has to be light on her feet, the first three months of her return to
training could be tricky.
With
her defence of her Asian Games gold, the first ever won by a Cambodian in seven
decades, less than a year away in Jakarta, the country’s most popular athlete
has been flooded with get well soon messages
She
made an appearance at the NOCC headquarters on Friday when Education Minister
and President of the Taekwondo Federation Hang Chuon Naron wished her a speedy
recovery while donating $1,000.
The
following day, Seavmey also received $2,000 from the National Lottery Company,
which also extended financial assistance to kun Khmer boxing champion Khim
Dima, world bodybuilding gold medallist Nan Sambo and 50 other athletes.
International Kun Khmer
event
Meanwhile,
in a major boost to the Kingdom’s indigenous combat sport kun Khmer, Phnom Penh
will host an international competition involving boxers from eight other
countries at Olympic Stadium next month.
Fighters
from France, Australia, Iran, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand and Laos will
match their skills against the crust of Cambodian talent in the December 7-11
event.
Sanctioned
by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, the competition will be jointly
organised by the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia and the Kun Khmer
Federation in collaboration with the world governing body.
“The
main objective is to push for greater global appeal, while at the same time
encourage our neighbours to join in as we head towards the 2023 SEA Games,”
NOCC Secretary-General Vath Chamroeun said.
“We
need to create career paths for our talented fighters just the way Thailand has
done with muay Thai. We hope to turn this event into an annual affair.”
In
other news, Cambodia’s most successful petanque player of all time, Ke Leng,
who has scooped 19 golds across the globe in various competitions, picked up
her third world title in four years in the Chinese city of Kaihua on Friday.
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