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No.12 dunia untuk ke Komanwel


PEMAIN-pemain negara yang akan memikul cabaran Malaysia pada Kejohanan Bola Jaring Remaja Asia di New Delhi, India pada 3-10 Julai ini.


KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia mampu kembali beraksi dalam acara bola jaring di Sukan Komanwel jika berjaya memperbaiki ranking dunia dari kedudukan 16 ketika ini, ke tangga 12 dalam tempoh empat dari sekarang.

Dan, demi menjayakan sasaran itu, Persatuan Bola Jaring Malaysia (PBJM) memerlukan bukan sahaja pemain berbakat bertubuh tinggi lampai, bahkan memiliki pergerakan lincah dan berdaya saing.
Presiden PBJM, Suraya Yaacob berkata, pasukan bola jaring negara ketika ini sedang berusaha memperbaiki ranking secara berperingkat.

"Saya harap kita boleh memperbaiki kedudukan sekurang-kurangnya dua anak tangga apabila beraksi pada Kejohanan Dunia di Singapura, tahun depan.

"Kita memerlukan lebih ramai pemain tinggi kerana ia satu kelebihan, dan buat masa ini, yang tertinggi dalam pasukan hanyalah 1.79 hingga 1.85 meter," katanya pada majlis penyerahan Jalur Gemilang kepada skuad negara di Majlis Sukan Negara, Bukit Jalil, semalam.

Hadir menyerahkannya menjelang penyertaan mereka pada Kejohanan Remaja Asia Ketujuh di New Delhi, India pada 3 hingga 10 Julai ini ialah Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek.

Kata Suraya, skuad remaja ke New Delhi ini diyakini mampu mengorak langkah awal Malaysia ke arah mencapai sasaran ranking dunia dengan mempertahankan gelaran yang dimenanginya sejak 2004 di Sri Lanka.

Mereka bergelar juara remaja Asia bagi dua edisi berturut-turut pada kejohanan anjuran Persekutuan Bola Jaring Asia (ANF) itu, masing-masing pada 2006 di India dan 2008 di Hong Kong.

Enam negara lain yang bertanding pada kejohanan dwitahunan di Stadium Thyagaraj, New Delhi ini ialah tuan rumah, Sri Lanka, Singapura, Thailand dan Hong Kong.

"Pencabar utama kita ialah Singapura tetapi saya percaya, mereka tidak sekuat skuad senior yang menggunakan khidmat pemain dari China yang diberikan kerakyatan dan setinggi 1.95m," katanya.



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