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WALAUPUN dipinggirkan daripada skuad memanah kebangsaan sejak Jun lepas, Mohd. Marbawi Sulaiman (gambar) masih belum berputus asa untuk kembali mewakili negara di peringkat antarabangsa.

Pemanah kelahiran Perak itu kini mengalami kemerosotan prestasi sehingga menyebabkan dia terlepas beberapa kejohanan besar seperti siri Piala Dunia di Turki (Jun), Grand Prix Asia di Kuala Lumpur (Julai) dan Kejohanan Dunia di Korea Selatan yang berlangsung pada awal bulan ini.

Kali terakhir Marbawi mewakili skuad kebangsaan adalah pada siri kedua Piala Dunia di Porac, Croatia pada Mei lepas apabila menduduki tempat ke-69, lima tempat daripada kelompok 64 terbaik untuk ke pusingan pertama kalah mati.

"Saya kini berusaha memberi fokus sepenuhnya kepada latihan terutamanya dari segi membaiki ketepatan panahan, sekali gus mengembalikan prestasi asal serta kembali mewakili skuad kebangsaan," katanya semalam.

Marbawi menjangka, dia memerlukan masa sebelum dapat kembali kepada prestasi asal.

Ditanya mengenai kemungkinan untuk bersara daripada skuad kebangsaan, Marbawi yang kini berusia 26 tahun berkata, ia bergantung kepada prestasinya dalam masa terdekat.

"Jika gagal terpilih untuk Sukan Asia (Guangzhou, China) dan Sukan Komanwel (India) pada tahun depan, saya mungkin akan mengambil keputusan bersara," katanya yang mewakili negara sejak 2002.

Bermula 2003, Marbawi mula mempamerkan kecemerlangan apabila memenangi pingat emas untuk negara pada Sukan SEA di Vietnam apabila menjuarai acara recurve individu dan berpasukan.

Ia diikuti dengan kejayaannya bersama-sama Cheng Chu Sian dan Wan Mohd. Khalmizan Wan Abdul Aziz meraih emas acara recurve berpasukan pada Sukan SEA 2007 di Korat, Thailand.

Malah Marbawi, Chu Sian dan Wan Mohd. Khalmizan merupakan trio pemanah pertama negara layak ke Sukan Olimpik 2008 di Beijing secara merit.

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