Selamat Menyambut Hari Malaysia 2026!
Legasi Lagenda ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Malaysia ke-63! Hari ini, kita meraikan pergabungan Sabah dan Sarawak bersama negeri-negeri Persekutuan Tanah Melayu untuk membentuk sebuah negara kaya dengan kepelbagaian budaya.
Malaysia bertuah dengan dedikasi atlet-atlet yang berbilang bangsa berjuang demi negara kita di persada dunia.
Pada tahun 1963, Malaysia menganjurkan Festival Sukan Hari Malaysia yang pertama, serupa temasya SUKMA yang kini diadakan. Untuk kejohanan tersebut, kemudahan “Games Village” termasuk penginapan, pengangkutan dan keperluan lain semua atlet dan pegawai dibiayai oleh pihak kerajaan, seolah-olah menangkap suasana Sukan Olimpik.
Sukan Olimpik Tokyo 1964, yang berlangsung dari 10 hingga 24 Oktober 1964, merupakan temasya sukan antarabangsa besar yang pertama di mana Malaysia bertanding sebagai sebuah negara. Negara muda Malaysia menghantar kontinjen terbesar yang terdiri daripada 62 atlet dalam 10 jenis sukan. Legenda pecut negara, Mani Jegathesan, mendapat penghormatan sebagai pembawa obor apabila api Olimpik tiba di Stadium Merdeka.
Olahraga merupakan acara utama bagi Malaysia dengan 12 atlet, termasuk Bala “Kuda” Ditta, dalam acara 110m lari berpagar dan 4x400m, yang melakar sejarah sebagai atlet Sarawak pertama untuk melonjak ke pentas Olimpik. Sementara itu, John Daukom menjadi atlet Olimpian pertama daripada etnik Murut. Beliau bertanding dalam 4x100m bersama C. Kunalan, Mani Jegathesan dan Mazlan Hamzah.
Legasi Lagenda percaya perpaduan rakyat Malaysia dapat terus dikukuhkan melalui sukan. Semoga kejayaan negara kita diraikan dengan bangganya sebagai kemegahan anak Malaysia.
Foto: John Daukom (kiri) dan Bala “Kuda” Ditta
Sumber foto asal: Borneo Digest / Dayak Daily
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Legasi Lagenda would like to wish all Malaysians a Happy 63rd Malaysia Day! Today, we celebrate Sarawak and Sabah joining the states of Tanah Melayu to form the culturally rich country we are in today.
Malaysia is fortunate to have the dedication of sportsmen and sportswomen of different backgrounds and cultures who compete for our country on the world stage.
In 1963, Malaysia held their first Malaysia Day Sports Festival, akin to today’s SUKMA. The government spared no expense in its organisation. All competitors and officials from Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore and the Peninsula were given free accommodation, transportation, and other necessities at the “Games Village”, as though capturing the spirit of the Olympic Games.
The 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, which was held from 10 – 24 October 1964, marked the first major international sporting event whereby Malaysia competed together as one nation and they brought out their largest contingent to date comprising 62 athletes competing across 10 sports.
National sprinting legend Mani Jegathesan received the honour as torchbearer when the Olympic flame made its way to Stadium Merdeka and went to set a national record in the 200m event.
Malaysia had 12 names competing in athletics including Bala “Kuda” Ditta, who made history as the first Sarawakian participating at the Olympic Games as he competed in the 110m hurdles and 4x400m events. Meanwhile, John Daukom was the first Murut Olympian, competing in the 4x100m event alongside C. Kunalan, Mani Jegathesan and Mazlan Hamzah.
Legasi Lagenda believes that the unity of Malaysians can continue to strengthen through sports as we celebrate our nation’s sporting successes with pride and glory.
