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KOAM tak berganjak 10 emas

Oleh Lukman Salleh
lukmsal@bharian.com.my


Karim Ibrahim

'Atlit kebangsaan mampu bangkit pada Kejohanan Kebangsaan, ATF'

KESATUAN Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (KOAM) tetap mempertahankan sasaran 10 pingat emas di Sukan Sea XXV di Laos masih di atas landasan di sebalik prestasi hambar atlitnya dalam beberapa kejohanan tempatan dan antarabangsa.

Timbalan Presidennya, Karim Ibrahim berkata kesatuan itu tidak berasa gusar atau pun panik dengan persembahan buruk atlit mereka terutama barisan elit yang menyertai latihan dan kejohanan di Mannheim, Jerman lalu dan masih menaruh harapan mereka akan dapat menyajikan aksi lebih cemerlang di Vientiane.

"Kami masih mempertahankan sasaran 10 emas di Laos," kata Karim. "Walaupun KOAM agak kecewa dengan prestasi atlit terutama barisan elit tetapi dengan empat bulan masih berbaki sebelum Sukan Sea bermula, ada peningkatan yang boleh dilakukan barisan atlit kebangsaan.

"Mungkin ada pihak yang berasa cemas dengan prestasi atlit kebangsaan ketika ini apatah lagi ada di antara mereka terutama di kalangan barisan elit gagal memberikan persembahan membanggakan musim ini.

"Memang saya sendiri berasa agak kecewa. Cuma kita mengharapkan atlit ini akan bangkit dalam beberapa lagi kejohanan akan datang dan memberi aksi lebih bertenaga.

Seperti yang saya katakan sebelum ini bahawa KOAM hanya akan menimbangkan atlit yang konsisten untuk Sukan Sea dan mereka yang merosot akan berdepan kemungkinan digugurkan daripada skuad Sukan Sea."

Atlit kebangsaan mempunyai peluang menampilkan aksi lebih baik pada kejohanan kebangsaan yang akan diadakan Oktober ini dan juga Kejohanan Olahraga Asia (ATF) di Guangzhou, September ini.

Dua kejohanan ini menyaksikan KOAM akan menilai prestasi atlit kebangsaan dan mengharapkan peningkatan persembahan daripada atlit dan juga barisan jurulatih elit.

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