SHAH ALAM, Aug 16 — The Selangor government has agreed to increase the winning incentive for its athletes at the Malaysia Games (Sukma) 2026 by RM2,000 if the state wins the overall championship.
Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said this addition will be based on incentives given last year to athletes who won gold medals at the biennial event.
He said this would bring the total incentives to RM12,000 for individual athletes, RM7,000 per person for athletes in team events with fewer than three players, and RM5,000 for sports with more than three players.
“However, this amount could still increase. We have a year. I will follow up and we will get an analysis from the coaches, the State Sports Council, and so on.
“If there’s a significant increase as we head towards Sukma, God willing, we will raise the incentives from time to time,” he said at the launch of the Road-To-Champion Sukma 2026 and the Appointment of the Sukma Adopt-a-Programme here today.
Last year, Amirudin announced that the Selangor government would offer a winning incentive of RM10,000 to individual athletes who won a gold medal at the 21st Sukma Games in Sarawak.
For team events with five or fewer players, gold medal contributors received an incentive of RM5,000 each, while for team events with more than five players, they received RM3,000 each.
The ceremony today also saw the appointment of Seri Serdang assemblyman Abbas Salimi Che Adzmi@Azmi as Selangor contingent head, while the Deputy State Secretary (Development) Datuk Johary Anuar was appointed deputy contingent head.
In Sukma 2024, Selangor finished third overall with a medal haul of 56 gold, 64 silver, and 61 bronze, behind host Sarawak (76-55-70) and the Federal Territories (75-65-72).
