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MOM belum pasti jumlah atlet


"MASIH terlalu awal untuk memutuskan jumlah atlet yang akan diletakkan di bawah kategori A ke Sukan SEA Laos."

Demikian pandangan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) semalam.

Menurut Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, meskipun sudah menyenaraikan beberapa atlet untuk diletakkan dalam kategori A, namun mereka masih belum menutup peluang kepada atlet-atlet lain sehinggalah tarikh tutup penyertaan pada 26 Oktober nanti.

"Sejak dua hari lalu berrmula semalam (kelmarin), kami sudah mengadakan pertemuan dengan semua 20 persatuan yang akan mengambil bahagian pada Sukan SEA di Laos tahun ini," kata Kok Chi.

"Daripada pertemuan itu, kami telah membuat keputusan mengenai senarai atlet yang akan diletakkan dalam kategori A dan B.

"Namun, senarai tersebut sebenarnya masih belum muktamat. Atlet-atlet yang diletakkan dalam kategori B masih berpeluang untuk membuktikan keupayaan masing-masing pada kejohanan-kejohanan yang diadakan sebelum tarikh tutup tersebut.

"Jika ada antara mereka yang menunjukkan prestasi terbaik dan berjaya melepasi sasaran kelayakan, maka mereka juga berpeluang untuk disenaraikan dalam kategori A.

"Malah, saya percaya selepas Kejohanan Mini Olimpik yang sedang berlangsung sekarang, akan ada atlet yang berjaya melompat daripada kategori B kepada kategori A."

Pada mesyuarat semalam, antara acara yang diputuskan berada dalam kategori A termasuklah sepak takraw lelaki, bola tampar pantai wanita, badminton dan lumba basikal.

Atlet kategori A dipilih selepas berjaya melepasi syarat penyertaan secara merit dan MOM akan menanggung sepenuhnya kos penyertaan mereka pada Sukan SEA yang akan diadakan pada 9 hingga 18 Disember itu nanti.

Sementara atlet kategori B pula merupakan atlet yang gagal melepasi syarat penyertaan secara merit tetapi tetap dihantar kerana dianggap mempunyai peluang untuk membuat kejutan.

Begitupun, penyertaan atlet kategori B ditanggung oleh persatuan dan MOM akan membayar semula kos terbabit sekiranya mereka berjaya meraih sekurang-kurangnya pingat perak.

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