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Saingan sengit skuad pelapis

Oleh Hasnira Hassan
niera@nstp.com.my




Prestasi pemanah muda semakin meningkat

KETIKA kebangkitan pemanah skuad pelapis elit tampak menggugat penguasaan senior, atlit Olimpik, Wan Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz punya pendapat berbeza terhadap perkembangan yang disifatkan sebagai positif.

"Ini persaingan yang sihat," katanya tanpa nada bimbang sambil tersenyum. "Ini bermakna, kami (senior) tidak boleh ambil mudah. Tiada lagi jaminan tempat buat kami kecuali perlu bersaing merebutnya."

Tiga pemanah pelapis elit - Mohd Zulkifli Tahir, Izzuddin Abd Rahim dan Arif Farhan Ibrahim Petra - mendapat pengiktirafan ketua jurulatih negara, Lee Jae-hyung yang mula mengatur kombinasi sesuai sekali gus mengubah gandingan trio Olimpik, Wan Khalmizam, Cheng Chu Sian dan Mohd Marbawi Sulaiman.

Lantas, Jae-hyung membayangkan tiada jaminan tempat untuk tiga pemanah senior itu pada kejohanan antarabangsa bermula pusingan kedua Piala Dunia di Croatia, Mei ini yang hanya terhad kepada empat pemanah.

"Negara lain seperti China dan Korea juga mempunyai atlit pelapis yang hebat sekali gus menjadikan mereka sebagai rakan sepelatih.

"Pemanah pelapis kita memang kian meningkat, cuma mereka perlukan pengalaman dan pendedahan tambahan dalam kejohanan antarabangsa," katanya.

Perkembangan itu juga membuatkan Wan Khalmizam berharap dapat menamatkan pengajiannya yang tertangguh di Universiti Putra Malaysia

"Sebelum ini, saya kerap menangguhkan pelajaran kerana memberi tumpuan terhadap karier terutama sebelum Sukan Olimpik tahun lalu. Malah, saya juga tidak dapat menduduki peperiksaan penting.

"Kini, dengan adanya pemanah muda, Malaysia mempunyai banyak pilihan dan setidak-tidaknya, ada juga masa untuk saya menumpukan juga kepada pelajaran," katanya.


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