Kota Kinabalu: Merrywati Manuil (pic) became the latest pencak silat exponent from Sabah selected to join the national squad full time in preparation for the 19th World Silat Championship scheduled to be held in Kuching in December.
The Keningau lass competing in the women’s singles creative category and had won the title at the National championship held in Pahang last year is the seventh state athlete to be drafted into the national team.
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Sabah Silat Federation Datuk Ilyas Ibrahim on Monday said they are extremely happy with their latest achievement.
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