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Azizulhasni ketuai YSD Trek Team

SKUAD basikal trek negara kini semakin agresif dalam misi memburu pingat pertama di Sukan Olimpik, London dengan tertubuhnya YSD Trek Team - pasukan trek profesional negara.
BERSEMANGAT...(dari kiri) Azizulhasni, Mohd Edros, Josiah dan Hafiz bersedia hadapi Kejohanan Dunia di Denmark, Mac depan.
BERSEMANGAT...(dari kiri) Azizulhasni, Mohd Edros, Josiah dan Hafiz bersedia hadapi Kejohanan Dunia di Denmark, Mac depan.
Pasukan YSD yang mendapat tajaan RM2 juta daripada Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) menjadi pasukan trek profesional pertama negara bagi membolehkan lebih ramai pelumba trek negara menyertai pertandingan di persada antarabangsa selain menampilkan skuad kebangsaan sedia ada.

Timbalan Presiden Persekutuan Kebangsaan Basikal Malaysia (PKBM), Datuk Naim Mohamad, berkata fokus kini akan tertumpu kepada pembangunan barisan trek yang akan menyaksikan tujuh pelumba elit bernaung di bawah pasukan YSD manakala barisan kedua akan beraksi di bawah nama skuad kebangsaan.

“Penubuhan pasukan profesional ini adalah sesuatu yang sememangnya diharapkan dan bertepatan dengan pembangunan sukan berbasikal di negara ini.
Pasukan YSD yang mendapat tajaan RM2 juta daripada Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) menjadi pasukan trek profesional pertama negara bagi membolehkan lebih ramai pelumba trek negara menyertai pertandingan di persada antarabangsa selain menampilkan skuad kebangsaan sedia ada.

Timbalan Presiden Persekutuan Kebangsaan Basikal Malaysia (PKBM), Datuk Naim Mohamad, berkata fokus kini akan tertumpu kepada pembangunan barisan trek yang akan menyaksikan tujuh pelumba elit bernaung di bawah pasukan YSD manakala barisan kedua akan beraksi di bawah nama skuad kebangsaan.

“Penubuhan pasukan profesional ini adalah sesuatu yang sememangnya diharapkan dan bertepatan dengan pembangunan sukan berbasikal di negara ini.

“Wang peruntukkan RM2 juta bagi tempoh tiga tahun itu akan digunakan sepenuhnya untuk pembangunan, penerbangan, pendaftaran pasukan serta segala urusan pertandingan,” katanya.

Biarpun mengakui RM2 juta itu tidak mencukupi, Naim menjelaskan kehadiran Sime Darby buat pertama kali dalam menjadi penaja sukan berkenaan banyak membantu skuad negara dalam usaha memantapkan urusan di setiap kejohanan.
Selain daripada bantuan dan sokongan padu Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) dan Institut Sukan Negara (ISN), Naim melaungkan keyakinan kerjasama ini mampu membuahkan hasil positif, terutama ketika barisan elit bersedia menghadapi Kejohanan Dunia di Denmark, Mac depan.

Tujuh senarai pelumba skuad berkenaan akan diketuai Azizulhasni Awang, Josiah Ng, Mohd Edrus Yunus, Mohd Hafiz Suffian, Rizal Tisin, Junaidi Nasir dan Fatehah Mustapha. HARIAN METRO

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