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Malaysia dalam bahaya: Kok Chi

Oleh Lukman Salleh
lukmsal@bharian.com.my

'Atlit renang, olahraga berdepan saingan getir Singapura, Thailand, Vietnam'

MALAYSIA bakal berdepan kesukaran mengulangi pencapaian cemerlang pada Sukan Sea Laos, Disember ini berdasarkan kepada prestasi atlit yang kurang menyerlah serta ketika sama peningkatan ditonjolkan negara jiran.

Setiausaha Kehormat Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Datuk Sieh Kok Chi berkata antara sukan yang mungkin menyaksikan kemerosotan pungutan pingat ialah renang di mana skuad akuatik negara menyumbangkan sejumlah 14 emas dua tahun lalu di Korat.

"Saya berpendapat renang akan berdepan kesukaran mengulangi kejayaan di Laos," kata Kok Chi. "Ini kerana negara lain terutama Singapura menunjukkan peningkatan cukup mendadak dan kontinjen Malaysia harus berhati-hati.

"Terjun mungkin tidak berdepan masalah kerana atlit kita sudah pun menunjukkan persembahan cemerlang pada Kejohanan Dunia di Rome, baru-baru ini.

"Selain itu, kita juga harus berwaspada dengan sukan olahraga. Sekalipun KOAM (Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia) meletakkan sasaran 10 emas dan tampak realistik tetapi sebenarnya saingan amat sengit terutama sekali daripada Thailand dan Vietnam," katanya.

Dengan Laos hanya menganjurkan 25 sukan, termasuk empat atau lima sukan tradisional yang tidak akan disertai kontinjen negara, Malaysia kemungkinan besar menyandarkan harapan sekali lagi kepada sukan tempur seperti karate-do untuk memberi pungutan emas.

Dua tahun lalu di Korat, karate-do menyumbangkan lapan emas yang membantu kontinjen negara untuk membawa pulang keseluruhan 68 emas dan tempat kedua pungutan pingat keseluruhan.

"Karate-do dijangka mampu memberi persembahan baik di Laos," kata Kok Chi.

Dia juga menambah, secara keseluruhannya Sukan Sea kini kurang menjadi tumpuan di kalangan negara anggota termasuk Malaysia dan ia mungkin kerana negara anggota tidak lagi menganggap temasya berkenaan satu sukan serantau yang penting.

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