Myanmar At The 2013 Southeast Asian Games
Myanmar competed at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. The 27th Southeast Asian Games took place in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar, as well as in two other main cities, Yangon and Mandalay. Medals Medal Table Medals by date Controversies Alleged racial discrimination * About a day before the games began, the Burmese authorities deselected two Chin athletes who were gold medallists in national events. Another Chin athlete was also deselected a month previously. References Nations at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games 2013 in Burmese sport 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

Myanmar Olympic Committee
Myanmar Olympic Committee ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအိုလံပစ်ကော်မတီ, IOC code: MYA) is the National Olympic Committee representing Myanmar (also called Burma). It was founded in 1946 by Zaw Weik. Duty *To perform the sports affairs according to the policies of Myanmar National Sports Committee. *To inform the aims of Olympic Games. *To prepare for the national teams which will compete in the Olympic Games, Asian Games and South East Asian Games. *To interconnect between the Myanmar Sports Associations and International Olympic Committee. *To open Sports Courses and sent students to the international courses by the help of IOC. *Contact with the Olympic Games, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games and Regional Sports Festivals Federations to host in Myanmar *To perform the duties given by the Myanmar National Sports Committee. References External links Myanmar Olympic Committee Myanmar Myanmar at the Olympics Oly Oly may refer ...
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Myanmar At The 1991 Southeast Asian Games
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: �mjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as ɑːror of Burma as ɜːrməby some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would be pronounced at the end by al ...
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