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Kejohanan Dunia uji kemampuan Mun Yee

KUALA LUMPUR - Atlet terjun negara, Leong Mun Yee (gambar) berharap dapat memperbaiki kedudukannya dalam ranking dunia dengan meletakkan pingat perak sebagai sasaran pada Kejohanan Dunia yang akan berlangsung di China, Jun ini.

Atlet kelahiran Perak itu berkata, sasaran tersebut lebih realistik berbanding meletakkan harapan untuk memenangi emas memandangkan penerjun tuan rumah bakal menjadi penghalang.
''Saya rasa pingat perak memadai kerana pada Kejohanan Dunia ini atlet China cukup kuat dan bukan mudah untuk menyaingi kehebatan mereka,'' katanya ketika ditemui pemberita selepas majlis Anugerah Sukan Negara 2009 di sini, kelmarin.

Mun Yee memberitahu, selepas kejohanan tersebut, dia akan menumpukan perhatiannya pula pada Sukan Asia di Guangzhou, China dan Sukan Komanwel di New Delhi, India yang akan turut disertainya pada hujung tahun ini.

Menurutnya, peluang untuk memenangi pingat lebih terbuka di Sukan Asia berbanding Sukan Komanwel.
''Sukan Komanwel saya terpaksa bersaing dengan penerjun-penerjun handalan dunia dari Kanada, Australia dan England manakala Sukan Asia saingannya lebih bertumpu kepada peserta China.

''Jadi, saya berasakan peluang di Sukan Asia lebih cerah jika dibandingkan dengan Sukan Komanwel,'' ujarnya.

Mun Yee juga berharap dia dapat meraih pingat di Sukan Asia setelah mencubanya beberapa kali tetapi masih belum berhasil.

''Saya berharap kali ini, percubaan saya akan menghadirkan pingat buat diri saya dan juga negara,'' jelasnya.


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