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Sime Darby taja basikal RM2 juta


BURUAN pingat emas Sukan Olimpik menerusi sukan berbasikal trek mendapat suntikan semangat apabila menerima tajaan RM2 juta daripada Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD).

Durian runtuh berkenaan tiba tepat pada masanya - ketika bajet dari kerajaan untuk acara sukan susut 10 peratus tahun ini - bagi menampung perbelanjaan skuad berbasikal trek negara.

“Kita bakal berdepan beberapa kejohanan besar pada 2010 dan 2011, termasuk Piala Dunia Klasik, Kejohanan Benua-Benua, Sukan Asia, Sukan Komanwel dan Kejohanan Dunia,” kata Timbalan Presiden Persekutuan Kebangsaan Berbasikal Malaysia (MNCF), Datuk Naim Mohamad.


“Untuk layak ke Sukan Olimpik 2012 di London, kita perlu menyertai kejohanan ini. Dengan penyusutan bajet, agak sukar untuk menyertai semuanya dan peluang layak ke Olimpik juga menjadi tipis.”

Harapan meraih emas pertama negara di London semakin memuncak apabila Mohd Azizulhasni Awang sekali lagi mencatat kejayaan sebagai jaguh keirin nombor satu dunia dalam siri Piala Dunia yang berakhir di Beijing, baru-baru ini.

Selain Azizul, lima lagi pelumba - Josiah Ng, Muhammad Edrus Md Yunos, Junaidi Nasir, Mohamad Hafiz Sufian dan Fatehah Mustapa turut tersenarai memikul cabaran negara layak ke Sukan Olimpik 2012. 

Sumbangan berkenaan diserahkan Pengerusi YSD, Tun Musa Hitam dalam majlis menandatangani memorandum persefahaman antara organisasi itu dan MNCF di Wisma Sime Darby, Kuala Lumpur, semalam.

“Ini ibarat impian menjadi kenyataan. Selepas lebih setahun bertungkus lumus mencari penaja, akhirnya MNCF berjaya menambat hati Yayasan Sime Darby menerusi pencapaian cemerlang atlit-atlit kelas dunia berbasikal trek negara,” kata Naim.

“Bagi memastikan setiap sen dibelanjakan dengan sebaiknya dalam mencapai impian emas Olimpik 2012, satu akaun berasingan daripada MNCF akan dibuka dan ia akan dipantau akauntan khas yang akan melaporkan setiap perbelanjaan dari masa ke masa.”

Oleh Syed Riduan Ahmad
smriduan@nstp.com.my

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