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MSN beri kelonggaran kepada KOAM





HASRAT Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (KOAM) menghantar atlitnya ke Kejohanan Dunia di Berlin, Jerman di sebalik penularan wabak Influenza A (H1N1), akhirnya mendapat restu Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN).

Pemangku Ketua Pengarah MSN, Abdul Jalil Abdullah berkata secara dasarnya MSN tidak menghalang atlit untuk menyertai mana-mana kejohanan luar negara ketika kes wabak selesema babi semakin serius kecuali ke negara berisiko tinggi seperti Amerika Syarikat.

"Dalam kes KOAM, MSN sedia memberi pelepasan jika atlit olahraga mahu ke Jerman. MSN tidak mahu menghalang atlit daripada bertanding di peringkat antarabangsa," katanya.

KOAM sebelum ini bertegas untuk menghantar atlitnya ke Jerman dan akan mencari penaja sendiri sekiranya MSN tidak membenarkan atlit tempatan ke luar negara atas alasan keselamatan akibat wabak tersebut.

Timbalan Presiden KOAM, Karim Ibrahim sebelum ini berkata Kejohanan Dunia dari 15 hingga 23 Ogos penting untuk disertai bagi mengelakkan atlit negara disenarai hitam akibat menarik diri daripada kejohanan berkenaan.

Abdul Jalil berkata dengan persetujuan MSN itu, perbelanjaan atlit negara ke Jerman akan ditanggung MSN.

Sebagai rekod, sehingga kini tiada atlit negara layak ke Kejohanan Dunia di Jerman itu secara merit.

Abdul Jalil berkata kekeliruan mengenai larangan ke luar negara mungkin timbul selepas Kementerian Belia dan Sukan pada Jumaat lalu membatalkan penyertaan kontinjen Malaysia ke Sukan Belia Asia yang berlangsung di Singapura yang bermula semalam.

Pembatalan itu, katanya, selaras dengan arahan Kementerian Pelajaran yang tidak membenarkan pelajar sekolah daripada menyertai sebarang kejohanan luar negara berikutan penularan wabak selesema babi.

Majoriti daripada 79 atlit yang sepatutnya ke Singapura terdiri daripada pelajar Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil yang terletak di bawah bidang kuasa Kementerian Pelajaran. - Bernama

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