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Angkat berat: Campur tangan menteri selesai masalah PABM

Oleh FERZALFIE FAUZI
ferzalfie.fauzi@utusan.com.my


KUALA LUMPUR - Kemelut yang melanda atlet angkat berat remaja negara mengenai isu jurulatih selesai apabila campur tangan Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob selepas berjumpa dengan wakil Persatuan Angkat Berat Malaysia (PABM) semalam.

PABM dilanda masalah selepas lima atlet angkat berat remaja yang dinaik taraf menjadi atlet pelapis elit memulaukan sesi latihan apabila membantah tindakan PABM yang memaksa mereka mengikuti latihan di bawah kendalian jurulatih Bulgaria, Stefan Stefanov.

''Perkara ini sudah selesai apabila saya berjumpa dengan mereka (atlet angkat berat remaja) dan membincangkannya dengan lebih mendalam,'' katanya selepas perjumpaan itu.

Sehubungan itu katanya, empat atlet elit dan lima atlet pelapis elit akan dilatih jurulatih dari China, Lin Xin Hui buat sementara waktu selepas Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) dan Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) meminta PABM mendapatkan seorang lagi jurulatih.

''Ia terpulang kepada PABM untuk mendapatkan jurulatih dari mana tetapi dalam cadangan sebelum ini mereka mahukan jurulatih dari China dan Indonesia.

''Bagaimanapun buat sementara waktu ini Xin Hui dan Zakaria Yusof akan melatih mereka, manakala Stefan akan menjadi jurulatih atlet remaja bukan elit,'' katanya.

Lima atlet pelapis elit terbabit ialah Mohd. Shafiq Ismail kategori 56 kilogram, Aricco Jumith (62kg), Mohd. Hafifi Mansor (69kg), Mohd. Faiz Musa (94kg), Mohd. Zafrin Zulkifli (105kg).

Sementara itu, beliau juga turut memaklumkan KBS akan menunggu kertas cadangan dari MSN mengenai kejohanan Mini Olimpik yang bakal diadakan Ogos ini.

''Perkara ini telah dipersetujui dalam Konvensyen Sukan tahun lalu dan kejohanan ini akan melibatkan beberapa acara sukan yang dipertandingkan dalam Sukan Olimpik.

''Ia akan diadakan secara terbuka dan tiada had peringkat umur serta berbeza dengan Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) yang diadakan setiap dua tahun sekali berbanding kejohanan tersebut setiap tahun,'' katanya.

Tambahnya, acara yang dipertandingkan pada Sukma kebanyakannya melibatkan beberapa acara yang tidak dipertandingkan dalam Sukan Olimpik seperti boling, skuasy dan sepak takraw.

Beliau juga membayangkan akan menjemput negara luar menyertainya tetapi akan membincangkan mengenainya terlebih dahulu kerana ia melibatkan kos yang tinggi.

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