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SUKIPT 2018 : UPSI Garners 8
Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medals and
12 Bronze Medals
UPSI, 12 February - Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris manages to score the
eighth place out 78 contingents during the SUKIPT games (SUKIPT 2018)
by tallying eight gold medals, five silver medal and twelve bronze medals.
The UPSI contingent consisted of 250 athletes and officials throughout
16 different sporting events. The contingent manages to collect six gold
medals from the silat event while taekwondo and petanque contributed to
one gold medal each.
The silver medals were garnered from track & field (2), silat (2) and
petanque (1), while the bronze medals were tabulated from track & field
(2), ten pin bowling (3), rugby (1), taekwondo (5) and football (1),
UPSI was also tabulated as the overall champion for the pencak silat
event. During the 2016 games, UPSI was tabulated at the 10th after
managing to garner 7 gold medals.
The SUKIPT games were held biannually by the Ministry of Higher
Education in collaboration with the Higher Learning Institute Sports
Committee (MASUM, MSP, MASKOM and MASISWA).
The games were held as part of the Ministry’s effort to further develop
and improve the execution of sporting events at the Higher Learning
Institute level, both internationally and domestically, in tandem. The
participation for the event is open to all Higher Learning Institute athletes
in Malaysia.
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