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Sukan SEA Laos: Sepak takraw bertanding bawah kategori A

KUALA LUMPUR - Skuad elit sepak takraw lelaki negara kini boleh menghela nafas lega selepas terlepas daripada senasib dengan skuad bola sepak, apabila disenaraikan di bawah Kategori A untuk ke Sukan SEA Ke-25 di Laos, Disember ini.

Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) merestui pemergian anak buah Haris Abd. Rahman ini ke Laos di bawah pembiayaan sepenuhnya sekalipun dikritik hebat gara-gara dikejutkan Indonesia, Vietnam dan Korea Selatan dalam Kejohanan Dunia Piala Malaysia dan Piala Raja Thai dari Mei hingga awal bulan ini.

Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi memberitahu perkara itu ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia selepas mesyuarat pengesahan penyertaan kontinjen negara itu, semalam.

"Hanya skuad sepak takraw wanita yang perlu membayar sendiri perbelanjaan ke Sukan SEA di bawah Kategori B, skuad lelaki pergi dengan Kategori A,'' katanya.

Kelmarin, MOM meluluskan skuad bola sepak di bawah Kategori B, malah tidak mendapat bantahan atau rayuan Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) yang menerimanya secara rasional memandangkan tiada keputusan pada peringkat antarabangsa yang boleh dibanggakan.

Di bawah syarat Kategori B, MOM bagaimanapun bersedia membayar balik perbelanjaan di Laos sekiranya skuad atau atlet berkenaan berjaya meraih sekurang-kurangnya pingat perak daripada temasya serantau dwi tahunan itu.

"Jika tidak termasuk taekwondo yang masih cuba disertai di bawah satu jawatankuasa persatuan sementara, Malaysia bakal mengambil bahagian dalam 20 daripada 25 jenis sukan yang dipertandingkan di Laos.

"Kami (semalam) turut mengesahkan penyertaan Malaysia dalam sukan angkat berat, wusyu, bola tampar, pingpong, petanque dan pencak silat selain 12 (kelmarin) iaitu bola sepak, olahraga, akuatik, memanah, badminton, biliard-snuker, tinju, berbasikal, golf, judo, karate dan menembak.

"Kontinjen negara cuma tidak akan beraksi dalam gusti, sepak bulu ayam, renang sirip dan muay Thai," ujarnya mengenai temasya di Laos dari 9 hingga 18 Disember yang mempertandingkan semula beberapa sukan pelik itu selepas Vietnam memperkenalkannya pada 2003.

Kira-kira 600 atlet dan pegawai dijangka menganggotai kontinjen negara ke Laos manakala taekwondo yang masih tidak mempunyai badan induk setelah Persatuan Taekwondo Malaysia (MTA) dibubarkan pada 5 Julai 2007, mungkin mampu menyertainya di bawah tiket bebas MOM.

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