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Shakirin berdebar menghitung hari

Oleh AFIFI HAFIZ M.NOR
sukan@kosmo.com.my

Shakirin

WALAUPUN bakal melangsungkan pernikahan Jumaat ini, jaguh negara, Mohd. Shakirin Ibrahim tetap fokus bagi menghadapi Kejohanan Ping Pong Kebangsaan yang bermula semalam.

Pada kejohanan yang berlangsung di Stadium Tertutup Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB) itu, Shakirin yang membawa caba- ran Kuala Lumpur akan bergandi- ngan bersama Beh Lee Wei dalam acara beregu campuran.

"Sekarang ini debaran saya bukan sahaja pada permainan tetapi berdebar mengira hari untuk bergelar raja sehari.

"Tujuan saya menyertai kejoha- nan ini juga untuk memberi sema- ngat dan perangsang kepada atlet kontinjen Kuala Lumpur yang lain," kata Shakirin yang memenangi pingat gangsa pada Sukan SEA XXV di Laos baru-baru ini.

Shakirin berkata, dia akan cuba fokus sepenuhnya dan memberi aksi terbaik pada kejohanan ini.

"Kalau kejohanan ini dicepatkan sedikit, sudah pasti saya akan bermain dalam acara perseorangan.

"Namun bagi saya, bermain solo atau berpasangan tetap sama kerana matlamat saya adalah untuk menang," kata Shakirin yang akan bernikah dengan pasangannya, Nurhidayah Sukaiman, 24, di Meru, Klang.

Terdahulu, Kejohanan Ping Pong Kebangsaan itu telah dirasmikan oleh Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Belia dan Sukan Negeri Johor, Md. Jais Sarday di Hotel Grand Paragon, Johor Bahru malam kelmarin.

Sebanyak 17 kontinjen dari selu- ruh negara termasuk Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) dan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) menyertai kejohanan tersebut.

Sementara itu, Md. Jais berkata, kejohanan ini dapat dijadi- kan pemangkin kepada generasi muda untuk melibatkan diri dalam sukan ping pong.

"Kejohanan yang disertai pelba- gai kaum itu diharapkan dapat melahirkan bakat-bakat baru bagi mengharumkan nama negara.

"Kejohanan ini begitu sinonim dengan perancangan dan hasrat kerajaan untuk menjadikan Johor khususnya Wilayah Iskandar Malaysia sebagai hab sukan di selatan Semenanjung," katanya. KOSMO

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