To visualize Sepak Takraw, think of volleyball, with a slightly smaller ball and one big change of rules: you can't touch the ball with hands or arms.
That name, at least, would convey the formidable acrobatic skills required to play a game in which the most important shot - the 360-degree "cartwheel spike" - is made while the player is upside down in mid-air. They're even willing to change the sport's ancient name to something catchy like "Acro-volley." This weird and wild game - combining the basic elements of volleyball, gymnastics and hackey-sack - was such a hit at last month's Asian Games here that advocates are pushing hard to add it to the Summer Olympics roster. Now, from Southeast Asia, comes a fast, furious, and spectacularly athletic antidote to that problem: the sport of Sepak Takraw. Indonesia had to settle for the silver, while Singapore and South Korea each received a bronze.Īfter winning in the first set, Indonesia was on the cusp of winning the match after taking a 19-15 lead in the second set, but Malaysia leveled the score at 19-19 before taking the set and the third to win gold. In a tactic that paid dividends, Malaysia coach Ahmad Abdul Talib made changes to his lineup in the decisive set.HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - The organizers of the Olympics have worried out loud that many of their games are too familiar (tennis, boxing) or too slow (yachting, archery) to keep people interested.
Malaysia defeated Indonesia 18-21, 22-20, 21-11, denying the host team its dream of winning its maiden gold in the event. Malaysia ended a 24-year gold medal drought in sepak takraw at the Asian Games after coming from behind to beat Indonesia in the sport’s men’s regu final at Ranau Hall, Jakabaring Sports City, Palembang, South Sumatra, on Tuesday.
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