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Farah Ain crowned SAM-100PLUS 2024 Best Athlete, Sarawakian Bonnie earns Best Para Athlete award
National lawn bowler Nor Farah Ain Abdullah has won the Best Athlete Award at the Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM) -100PLUS 2024 Awards Ceremony here today. – Bernama photo
PETALING JAYA (July 14): National lawn bowler Nor Farah Ain Abdullah beat several top contenders to clinch the Best Athlete Award at the Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM) -100PLUS 2024 Awards Ceremony here today.
The National Sportswoman of the 2024 National Sports Awards (ASN) in May staved off the challenge of other nominees, namely national men's badminton doubles Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, women's bowling champion Sin Li Jane, tower runner Soh Wai Ching and national women's wushu champion Tan Cheong Min.
'For this success, I am very grateful, thank God. Maybe this is my year of abundance. I am very happy because I have helped to highlight lawn bowls so that people know more about this sport.
'Last year, Aleena (Ahmad Nawawi) and I won and this year, I managed to bring honour to lawn bowls again in the SAM Awards,' she told reporters when met here today.
Meanwhile, national powerlifting champion Bonnie Bunyau Gustin won the Best Para Athlete for the third time by defeating his closest challenger, Cheah Liek Hou (para badminton).
Also listed in the same category were Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli (shot put F20), Datuk Abdul Latif Romly (long jump T20) and Eddy Bernard (sprint T44).
The ceremony also recognised the country's sports journalists with Astro Arena journalist, Norsyarafina Nasrom named the winner of the SAM Siebel Award.
She and cameraman Muhamad Shahir Othman took home the RM10,000 cash prize and a trophy. – Bernama
