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Oleh Lukman Salleh
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Kami pastikan Chong Wei kekal di landasan

'Road To London': Ganga


PERSATUAN Badminton Malaysia (BAM) akan mengambil langkah drastik bagi memastikan Lee Chong Wei dan rakan-rakan tidak menyimpang daripada landasan 'Road to London 2012' dan memastikan jurang di antara pemain nombor satu negara itu dengan pemain kebangsaan lain dapat dirapatkan.

Setiausaha Kehormat BAM, P Ganga Rao berkata persatuan itu bukan berpeluk tubuh dalam menangani isu terlalu bergantung kepada Chong Wei dalam untuk melakarkan kejayaan antarabangsa sebalik sentiasa peka dan mencari jalan penyelesaian.

Justeru, BAM meminta semua pihak bertenang dan tidak panik dengan situasi sekarang sebaliknya melihatnya secara positif dan bersama-sama menyumbang untuk memperbaiki keadaan terbaik.

“Memang BAM akui kita banyak bergantung kepada Chong Wei,” kata Ganga. “Tetapi jika kita lihat senario kita masalah sama turut berlaku kepada negara lain seperti Denmark dengan Peter Gade masih bermain serta Indonesia yang masih bergantung kepada Taufik (Hidayat) dan Sony (Dwi Kuncoro).

“Kita mempunyai pemain senior seperti Hafiz (Hashim) dan Kuan Beng Hong. Kami harap dengan kehadiran jurulatih, Hendrawan ia dapat menyuntik kembali kesegaran dalam permainan mereka dan kembali merapatkan jurang dengan Chong Wei.

“Cuma BAM tidak puas hati dengan perkembangan pemain muda seperti Arif (Abdul Latif) serta yang lain kerana mereka gagal menyerlah di peringkat senior sedangkan di saingan remaja mereka begitu hebat. Ketika ini mereka ketinggalan kepada pemain seangkatan dengan mereka daripada negara lain yang sudah beraksi dalam kejohanan utama.

“Jika keadaan ini tidak berubah dan seandainya tindakan drastik perlu diambil, BAM akan berbuat demikian. Kami tidak akan berpeluk tubuh, tetapi jangan terburu-burut membuat keputusan dan rumusan hanya kerana penilaian dalam satu kejohanan antarabangsa sahaja,” kata Ganga.

Kekalahan Chong Wei di suku akhir kepada Sony pada kejohanan dunia di Hyderabad, dua minggu lalu mengundang pelbagai kritikan dan kebimbangan terutama dengan penggantungan keterlaluan kepada pemain itu yang boleh menjejaskan peluangnya untuk memenangi pingat emas di Olimpik London 2012.

“Kita tunggu dan lihat sehingga akhir tahun ini bagaimana perkembangannya,” kata Ganga. “BAM mengharapkan dengan kehadiran Hendrawan (gambar) dia akan dapat menutup ketidakseimbangan itu dan ketika ini sudah kelihatan perubahan ketara dalam permainan dan sikap Hafiz dan Beng Hong.”

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