Butterfly

Malaysia’s Hii Siew Siew competes in the girls 200m butterfly finals of the ASEAN school games championship at the Shah Alam aquatic centre,  July 16, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Malaysia’s Paderewski Awang Pan powering his way to win the boys 200m butterfly finals of the ASEAN school games championship at the Shah Alam aquatic centre,  July 16, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Backstroke

Malaysia’s Ian James Barr competes in the boys 200m backstroke finals of the ASEAN school games championship at the Shah Alam aquatic centre,  July 15, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Thousand Words

The bigger the better: Despite the rain, football fans turned up to watch the live game between Paraguay and Japan on a giant screen at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday night, June 29, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Splash!!

Penang’s Melinder Kaur powering her way to win the gold for women’s 3000m steeplechase final with the time of  10:55.31 minutes at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 17, 2010. She rewrite her own national record by more than eight seconds. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Melaka’s J. Karthik (right) powering his way to win the gold for men’s 3000m steeplechase final with the time of 09:20.25 minutes at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 17, 2010. He broke the games record. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Penang’s Ng Khai Lee competes in the women’s long jump final to win the gold with the distance of 5.87 metres at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 17, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Long Jump

Selangor’s Jen Chan Guo hits the pit in the men’s long jump final at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 16, 2010. Chan Guo won the gold with a distance of 7.43 metres. GLENN GUAN/The Star

High Jump

Negeri Sembilan’s Norliyana competes during the women’s high jump final at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 14, 2010. She breaks the games record with a jump of 1.76 metres.  GLENN GUAN/The Star

Golden Kick

Penang’s Teh Ching Keong (left) kicks Perak’s Moen Raj during the men’s kumite 84kg category match at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 13, 2010. Ching Keong won the gold. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Oouch!

Sabah’s Vera Casandra (left) punches Penang’s Quah Beng Huai during the women’s kumite 61kg category match at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 12, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Selangor’s S. Senthilkumaran (left) in action against Sabah’s Leong Tze Ming during the men’s kumite 60kg category match at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 11, 2010. Senthilkumaran took home the gold medal. GLENN GUAN/The Star