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Pingat perak, layak ke Laos

Oleh Azidan Nahar
azidan@bharian.com.my




Rangsangan buat Linda

PINGAT perak dan layak ke Sukan Sea mengiringi kepulangan jaguh lompat bergalah negara, Roslinda Samsu (gambar) ke tanah air selepas menyertai kejohanan kompetitif pertamanya di Terbuka Taiwan, Khamis lalu.

Walaupun hanya melakukan lompatan setinggi 4.14 meter, ia tampak sudah mencukupi bagi memberikannya landasan baik untuk lebih menyerlah tahun ini dengan sasaran layak ke Kejohanan Dunia di Berlin, Ogos nanti.

Roslinda melakukan lompatan bermula pada ketinggian 3.84 seterusnya 3.94, 4.04 dan 4.14m, semuanya dengan sekali lompatan sebelum gagal dalam usahanya melepasi ketinggian 4.24m.

Pencapaiannya yang memiliki rekod peribadi terbaik 4.40m yang juga rekod kebangsaan itu tampak tidak begitu memberangsangkan tetapi jurulatihnya, Manshahar Abdul Jalil menegaskan anak didiknya baru berada pada tahap permulaan.

"Ini adalah kejohanan pertama disertai, kita sebenarnya mensasarkan dia melakukan sekitar 4.10 atau 4.20m saja pada permulaan ini. Lompatannya itu juga bagaimanapun sudah melepasi rekod Sukan Sea," kata Manshahar yang baru pulang ke tanah air kelmarin.

Selepas ini, katanya, jika ada kejohanan utama lain, dia mungkin akan menyenaraikan Roslinda bagi membolehkan atlit berusia 24 tahun itu mencapai tahap kemuncaknya dengan sasaran untuk melepasi 4.35m bagi layak ke Kejohanan Dunia.

Jelasnya, Roslinda mungkin akan menyertai Terbuka Thailand penghujung bulan depan tetapi ia juga bergantung sama ada ada lagi kejohanan lebih kompetitif terutama di Jepun yang berlangsung pada tarikh yang sama.

"Untuk ke Berlin (Kejohanan Dunia) dia seharusnya menyertai kejohanan lebih kompetitif terutama di Eropah pada Mei dan Jun kerana di sana lebih banyak saingan dan dia boleh cuba untuk melepasi 4.35m," katanya.

Manshahar mensasarkan Roslinda untuk lebih menyerlah pada Kejohanan Trek dan Balapan Asia (ATF) di China November ini kerana dia adalah juara bertahan manakala beraksi Kejohanan Dunia sebagai bonus.

Pada penghujung tahun, Roslinda dijangka sekali lagi akan ke Sukan Sea untuk mempertahankan pingat emas dimenanginya dengan Manshahar menetapkan sasaran lebih besar pada Sukan Komanwel pada Mac 2010.


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