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Sukan Asia keutamaan Azlan


AZLAN (depan) berjaya meraih tiga gelaran pada tahun ini iaitu Kejohanan Senior Asia, Kejohanan Kebangsaan dan Terbuka Malaysia, Sabtu lalu.

SELEPAS menjulang gelaran Terbuka Malaysia CIMB kelmarin, Mohd. Azlan Iskandar kini menumpukan perhatian kepada Sukan Asia di Guangzhou, China, yang akan berlangsung pada November depan.

"Tahun ini saya amat sibuk dan Sukan Asia sekali lagi menjadi keuta- maan saya," kata pemain berusia 28 tahun dari Sarawak itu.
Sukan Asia buat julung-julung kali- nya menawarkan empat pingat emas dalam acara skuasy iaitu masing-masingnya dua (acara individu dan pasukan) bagi kategori lelaki dan wanita.

Mohd. Azlan berkata, ia memang mencabar bagi atlet untuk mencapai sasaran empat pingat emas yang ditetapkan oleh Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN).

"Saya berharap MSN membawa jurulatih saya dari England ke sini untuk membimbing pasukan, beberapa minggu sebelum Sukan Asia.
"Saya rasa itu amat penting kerana Sukan Asia akan diadakan di China, jadi kurang sesuai untuk menjalani latihan di England kerana cuacanya jauh berbeza," kata pemain yang menduduki ranking ke-18 dunia itu.
Mohd Azlan yang dibimbing Peter Genevar di London berkata, dia mencatat pencapaian amat baik dalam tempoh dua minggu lepas.

Sebelum memenangi gelaran Terbuka Malaysia buat kali ketiga semalam, Mohd. Azlan buat julung-julung kalinya memenangi gelaran kebangsaan minggu lepas dan pada 8 Mei lalu, dia menjuarai Kejohanan Senior Asia ke-15 di Chennai, India.

"Dua minggu lepas adalah amat baik bagi saya. Tahun ini saya berjaya meraih tiga kejuaraan iaitu Kejohanan Senior Asia, Kejohanan Kebangsaan dan Terbuka Malaysia. Saya berharap untuk meraih kejayaan dalam beberapa kejohanan lagi," kata- nya yang akan menyertai Terbuka Hong Kong bulan depan.
"Saya akan meneruskan latihan di Bukit Jalil untuk lima minggu akan datang sebelum Terbuka Hong Kong. Saya tidak menyertai Terbuka Australia (8-15 Ogos) untuk membuat persediaan menghadapi pertandingan itu," kata Mohd Azlan.

Terbuka Hong Kong akan berlangsung 23 hingga 29 Ogos depan.
"Saya rasa prestasi saya kebelaka- ngan ini semakin meningkat.

"Bagaimanapun, masih banyak lagi kelemahan yang ada, namun saya akan terus bekerja keras untuk memperbaikinya," jelasnya.


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