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Saya akan teliti isu – Ahmad Shabery


Ahmad Shabery Cheek mencuba alat senaman di gimnasium Fitness First dekat Subang Jaya, semalam.


SUBANG JAYA – Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek akan meneliti terlebih dahulu isu kegagalan Malaysia dipilih sebagai penganjur Kejohanan Siri Super Premier.

Beliau berkata, penjelasan daripada pihak yang berkenaan perlu didengar untuk mendapatkan penerangan lanjut berhubung perkara tersebut.

‘‘Ini satu berita yang baru saya dengar. Ia bergantung juga kepada organisasi terlibat dan saya perlu selidik isu ini terlebih dahulu sebelum memutuskan bentuk tindakan yang boleh diambil,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan gimnasium Fitness First Platinum di Empire Subang yang turut dihadiri Pengarah Urusan Fitness First Malaysia, Shaun Measday di sini, semalam.

Sabtu lalu, Persekutuan Badminton Antarabangsa (BWF) telah memutuskan hanya Terbuka Korea Selatan, Indonesia, China, Denmark dan All England disenaraikan sebagai tuan rumah Siri Super Premier, iaitu kejohanan badminton bertaraf Grand Slam seperti dalam sukan tenis.

Keputusan itu mungkin menyebabkan nama-nama besar dalam sukan badminton dunia tidak lagi menjejakkan kaki ke Malaysia.

Malah, Timbalan Presiden Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) Datuk Ir. Mohamad Al-Amin Abdul Majid, berkata, keputusan itu dibuat oleh BWF dan BAM tidak mempunyai kuasa menentukannya.
Sementara itu, mengulas mengenai beberapa Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO) yang menghantar memorandum bagi menggesa kepimpinan di dalam BAM dibubarkan, Ahmad Shabery memberitahu, tindakan itu bukan merupakan langkah terbaik bagi mengatasi kegagalan skuad kebangsaan dalam Piala Thomas.

‘‘Kita tidak boleh terus menghukum BAM kerana kegagalan ini melibatkan banyak faktor. Saya berpendapat BAM perlu mempunyai satu perancangan untuk memastikan pembangunan sukan badminton dapat dilakukan dengan lebih berkesan dan tersusun,” tegasnya.

Menurut beliau, kekuatan mental pemain juga perlu dikaji di mana peranan Institut Sukan Negara (ISN) amat diperlukan bagi meneliti secara terperinci kelemahan yang ada dalam diri pemain-pemain badminton negara.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Ahmad Shabery turut menyambut baik hasrat Fitness First untuk berganding bahu dengan Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) bagi membantu atlet-atlet kebangsaan yang terlibat dalam program Road To London 2012.

‘‘Saya menyokong penuh hasrat Fitness First ini untuk membantu atlet kebangsaan bagi menjalani latihan kecergasan tanpa terlalu bergantung kepada fasiliti yang disediakan oleh KBS, lebih-lebih lagi kemudahan yang ada di pusat mereka juga amat lengkap,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, pihaknya akan meminta Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) untuk berbincang dengan Fitness First bagi memastikan hasrat tersebut dapat direalisasikan


Oleh AIZAWATI AHMAD
sukan@utusan.com.my

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