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Ramai sokong mansuh kategori B, kawalan ketat atas bahu persatuan

KUALA LUMPUR - Sudah tiba masanya bagi atlet yang terus gagal menyerlah di arena antarabangsa berundur demi kemajuan sukan.
Itu pandangan tokoh akademik, Profesor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Khoo Kay Kim yang bersetuju cadangan memansuhkan kategori B kerana jika diteruskan ia akan menyekat peluang bakat-bakat baru.
''Sepatutnya sistem pencarian bakat di peringkat sekolah, seperti mana yang dilakukan di masa dahulu, terus dikekalkan. Dulu sekolah menjadi tempat ahli sukan diberi galakan dan bantuan tetapi sekarang, semua itu tidak berlaku lagi.

"Ini berterusan sehingga kita sukar untuk menggantikan atlet yang sekarang terdiri daripada golongan tua," katanya ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia, semalam.

Kay Kim menjelaskan, dunia sukan negara kini tidak melalui proses perkembangan, sebaliknya terus menemui kemerosotan, oleh itu persatuan harus memainkan peranan utama memberi fokus menggilap bakat muda.
Nada serius yang dilontarkan Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN), Datuk Wira Mazlan Ahmad berhubung cadangan memansuhkan atlet kategori B, ternyata turut mendapat perhatian penggiat sukan.

Bagi Timbalan Presiden Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (KOAM), Karim Ibrahim, beliau menyarankan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) mahupun Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) mengambil tindakan tegas menggugurkan sahaja mereka yang tidak layak.
"Semua pihak harus sedar kejohanan seperti Sukan SEA bukan tempat untuk memberi pendedahan atau pengalaman kepada atlet kategori B," ujarnya.

Karim mendakwa, langkah memberi peluang kepada atlet yang tidak layak ternyata memberi kesan negatif kepada persatuan.

"Ada atlet dihantar ke sesebuah kejuaraan walaupun mereka ini jelas sekali tidak layak. Itu mengelirukan persatuan apabila kami sendiri tahu atlet tersebut itu tidak berkemampuan tetapi oleh kerana alasan mahu membuka peluang atau pendedahan di kejohanan besar, kita terpaksa akur," jelasnya.

Turut menyokong usaha itu adalah Pengarah Pusat Latihan Berprestasi Tinggi (HPTC) Asia, Mohd. Musa Noor Mohd. yang mahukan Malaysia mengutamakan atlet kategori A sahaja seperti negara maju lain.
"Malaysia dianggap sebagai sebuah pusat kecemerlangan sukan terbaik rantau ini dan ini menyebabkan saya tidak faham mengapa perlu wujudnya atlet kategori B.

"Jika situasi ini dikekalkan, ia mampu merosakkan prestasi di masa depan kerana jelas sekali ia tidak memberi manfaat kepada perkembangan sukan negara," tegasnya.
Ditanya apa mekanisme terbaik, Musa berkata, ia patut dimulakan oleh persatuan yang harus bertegas dalam memilih atlet.

Legenda trek negara, Datuk Paduka Mumtaz Jaafar pula mengatakan terdapat pro dan kontra jika pemansuhan kategori B.

"Jika menggugurkan atlet kategori ini mampu memperlihatkan perkembangan sukan negara, jadi saya sokong ia diteruskan, namun kita kena tahu, mungkin terdapat kelemahan di situ.

"Oleh itu, MOM sendiri harus mengubah cara, mungkin lebih selektif dalam pemilihan atlet namun atlet itu sendiri kena mula berdaya saing yang lebih agar mampu mara berada di dalam kategori A," jelasnya.



Utusan Malaysia

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