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Akhiri tahun penuh cemerlang


KEBANGGAAN MALAYSIA... Barisan pemain yang mengharumkan nama negara apabila menjuarai Kejohanan Badminton Masters Final 2008 di Kota Kinabalu Ahad lalu.



TAHUN 2008 menyaksikan ramai atlet Malaysia mencipta nama dalam arena sukan tahan air.

Demikian jelas Setiausaha Kehormat Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Datuk Sieh Kok Chi (gambar) ketika diminta mengulas pencapaian atlet Malaysia sepanjang tahun ini.

"Secara menyeluruh, tahun 2008 merupakan tahun yang amat baik bagi arena sukan Malaysia. Kita akhiri tahun ini dengan amat cemerlang.

"Tiga pemain badminton negara memenangi Kejohanan Masters Final dan kontinjen Malaysia muncul juara keseluruhan dalam Sukan Universiti Asean (SUA) baru-baru ini.

"Secara peribadi, saya fikir sudah tentu Sukan Olimpik merupakan acara paling besar bagi Malaysia.

"Kejayaan Datuk Lee Chong Wei memenangi pingat perak adalah satu pencapaian bagi Malaysia terutamanya selepas dua Sukan Olimpik berturut-turut," kata Kok Chi.

Selain Chong Wei, beregu lelaki, Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong dan beregu wanita negara, Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui turut menjulang nama Malaysia pada Masters Final 2008 yang berakhir di Kota Kinabalu Ahad lalu.

Manakala kontinjen Malaysia muncul juara keseluruhan pada temasya SUA XIV dengan meraih 90 pingat emas, 78 pingat perak dan 47 pingat gansa.

Kok Chi berkata, acara sukan lain juga patut diberikan pengiktirafan secara adil.

"Kita juga perlu mengiktiraf atlet memanah dan lumba basikal negara... prestasi mereka juga amat baik pada Sukan Olimpik. Prospek mereka bagi Sukan Olimpik 2012 amat baik.

"Dan dalam sukan tertentu, melayakkan diri sahaja sudah merupakan satu pencapaian walaupun prospek pingat amat tipis seperti renang dan olahraga," tambah Kok Chi.

Katanya, MOM dan Majlis Sukan Negara (MNS) akan terus membantu atlet, namun tumpuan akan lebih diberikan kepada sukan yang mempunyai prospek pingat seperti badminton, memanah dan lumba basikal pada Sukan Olimpik 2012 di London.

"Kami sudah mula mempersiapkan para atlet dan kami mempunyai tempoh yang lebih lama untuk membuat persediaan," katanya.

Kok Chi berkata, walaupun Sukan SEA di Laos akan menjadi temasya terbesar buat atlet negara tahun depan, terdapat tujuh lagi temasya melibatkan atlet remaja yang akan menyediakan platform yang betul bagi persiapan menghadapi Sukan Asia dan Sukan Komanwel pada tahun 2010.

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