Sports analyst Datuk Pekan Ramli feels the proposal to downsize the 2026 Commonwealth Games is unrealistic as Malaysia will be seen to lower the standard of the second biggest games after the Olympics which is also held every four years.
“.. and I see the proposal is not practical because if you want to downsize from 20 events in Birmingham 2022 to 17 or 18 it would be acceptable but if you only have 10 or 11, it won’t match the level of the Commonwealth Games. other Commonwealth countries will view this negatively when their athletes are definitely ready to 17 or 18 events,” he told Bernama today.
“I don’t see any real concern because CGF is not just offering it to us, it is not exclusive but also to Singapore and other CGF if we reject certain reasons like our capabilities are not good at this time due to the precarious economic situation at this point in time. “This is an opportunity for us, with this idea suddenly surfacing because we previously did not know that Singapore was also offered, so it a good option. Malaysia and Singapore both can bear the burden and risk, they just need to discuss quickly because it is getting close to a Cabinet decision,” he said.
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