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Zulkifli tarik diri skuad memanah


PENGUNDURAN Zulkifli Tahil daripada skuad elit memanah negara menyebabkan jurulatih kebangsaan, Lee Jae-hyung kini ketiadaan pilihan kecuali baki tiga atlit untuk acara recurve di Grand Prix (GP) Asia pertama, Februari depan.



Pengunduran itu menyaksikan Jae-hyung kini hanya memiliki Cheng Chu Sian, Wan Mohd Khalmizam Wan Abdul Aziz dan Arif Farhan Ibrahim Putra dalam skuad elit, jumlah yang diperlukan untuk acara berpasukan.

Pusingan pertama sirkit Asia itu dijadual berlangsung dari 5 hingga 12 Februari dengan Kuala Lumpur menjadi tuan rumah.




Buat masa ini, pengendali kelahiran Korea Selatan itu belum membuat keputusan sambil menunggu perbincangan khas yang dijangka diadakan antara Persatuan Memanah Kebangsaan Malaysia (NAAM) dan Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN).

ā€œKami sepatutnya menghantar satu pasukan (recurve) dan enam pemanah bagi acara individu. Namun, sehingga kini, saya masih belum memutuskannya,ā€ katanya.

Zulkifli, 22, yang diserapkan dalam skuad elit pada awal tahun lalu, kembali menyertai kem latihan di Labuan - tempat kelahirannya - sejurus sebelum penyertaan di Sukan Sea, Laos, selepas kecewa terhadap kemerosotan prestasi pada Kejohanan Memanah Asia di Bali, Indonesia, bulan lalu.
Pemanah muda itu sebelum ini dilihat sebagai pengisi kekosongan recurve berpasukan lelaki negara yang menjadi acara tumpuan selepas rakan senior, Mohd Marbawi Sulaiman kini bertukar arah menjadi jurulatih.

Kini, Jae-hyung terpaksa bergantung harap kepada lima pemanah pelapis, Mohd Izzuddin Abdul Rahim, Nazrin Aizat Mat Nasir, Aiman Hafizuddin Kamarzaman, Fazli Hisham Fauzi dan Liew Tek Hwa.

Rekod terbaik Malaysia dalam acara recurve berpasukan lelaki GP Asia adalah memenangi pingat perak pada sirkit ketiga di Kuala Lumpur, Julai lalu selepas tewas tipis kepada Korea Selatan. BHARIAN

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