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Harun puji komitmen atlet

KEMELUT yang melanda Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (KOAM) dengan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) dan Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) sedikit pun tidak menjejaskan tumpuan atlet olahraga negara.
Sebaliknya ketua jurulatih olahraga negara, Harun Rasheed Othman berkata, dia sangat berpuas hati dengan komitmen yang dipamerkan atlet-atlet ketika sesi latihan di bawah pengawasannya.
"Saya tidak merasakan isu-isu yang timbul sebelum ini telah menjejaskan tumpuan para atlet sewaktu mereka menjalani latihan ataupun menyertai sebarang kejohanan.

"Apa yang saya lihat, mereka sentiasa memberikan tumpuan sepenuhnya kerana sedar bahawa mereka ada tugas yang lebih penting buat negara," jelas Harun kepada Kosmo! baru-baru ini.
Ketika ini, barisan atlet olahraga negara sedang giat menjalani latihan bagi beraksi pada dua temasya iaitu Sukan Komanwel di New Delhi, India pada Oktober dan Sukan Asia 2010 di Guangzhou, China November depan.


Sebelum ini, ada segelintir pihak bimbang tumpuan atlet olahraga negara bakal terjejas disebabkan isu hutang yang yang membabitkan KOAM sebanyak RM60,000 dengan MOM.

Lebih memburukkan keadaan, MOM pada awalnya tidak membenarkan atlet olahraga kategori B beraksi pada Sukan Komanwel sekiranya KOAM masih gagal menjelaskan hutang mereka itu.
Namun, kini segala-galanya telah selesai dan apa yang pasti kedua-dua badan induk tersebut telah sebulat suara untuk tetap menghantar atlet-atlet olahraga negara beraksi baik atas tiket ketegori A mahupun kategori B.

"Bagi saya apa yang paling penting adalah persiapan atlet itu sendiri dan saya percaya penyertaan mereka pada Sukan Komanwel ini adalah merupakan satu pendedahan yang sangat baik" tambah Harun.
Kali ini, seramai tujuh atlet telah disenaraikan bagi mengambil bahagian pada Sukan Komanwel yang bakal masuk edisi ke-19 itu.

Antaranya adalah jaguh lompat tinggi, Lee Hup Wei, Roslinda Samsu (lompat bergalah), Siti Zubaidah Adabi (100 meter), M. Vadivelan (800 meter), P. Yuvaraj (400 meter) dan Teoh Boon Lim dan Lo Choon Siang dalam acara 20 kilometer jalan kali.

Bagi Sukan Asia pula, cabaran negara sekali lagi digalas Hup Wei dan Roslinda serta kuartet 4x100 meter yang dibarisi Zubaidah, Norjannah Hafizah Jamaludin, Nurul Sarah Abdul Kadir dan Yee Yi Ling.

Oleh HELMI TALKAH
helmi.talkah@kosmo.com.my

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