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4 acara jadi sandaran capai sasaran

KUALA LUMPUR - Sasaran sembilan pingat emas mampu dicapai pada Sukan Asia di Guangzhou bulan depan, jika empat sukan utama yang dipertaruhkan harapan, mampu mempamer aksi cemerlang pada temasya tersebut.

Empat sukan yang disandarkan untuk merealisasikan sasaran pingat emas ialah boling, badminton, skuasy dan basikal trek.

Ketua kontinjen Malaysia ke Sukan Asia, Datuk Zolkples Embong berkata, sekiranya sukan lain seperti wusyu, karate, pelayaran dan ekuestrian dapat menyumbang pingat, mungkin lebih banyak emas dapat diraih, lebih daripada yang disasarkan.

''Jika sukan boling dapat mengekalkan prestasi seperti pada Sukan Asia 2006 di Doha, yang menyumbang tiga pingat emas, selain tambahan daripada sukan yang kita letakkan harapan tinggi, tentunya laluan untuk mencapai sasaran sembilan pingat emas, dapat dicapai.
''Malah, boling dan badminton sering memberikan kita pingat apabila beraksi di peringkat Asia,'' katanya, semalam.

Zolkples berkata, skuasy juga antara acara yang mampu memberikan lebih daripada satu pingat emas, menerusi pemain No. 1 dunia, Datuk Nicol David dan Mohd. Azlan Iskandar.
''Sungguhpun cabaran acara skuasy pada Sukan Asia lebih rendah dari Komanwel, saya tidak rasa pasukan skuasy kita akan memandang rendah keupayaan lawan mereka.

''Malah, skuad skuasy kita pastinya akan berusaha lebih kuat untuk mendapatkan pingat emas.
''Saya harap semua atlet kita dapat mengekalkan prestasi mereka, selain sentiasa menjaga mutu kesihatan, agar tidak menghadapi sebarang masalah nanti,'' jelas Zolkples.

Sementara itu, katanya acara yang menyumbang pingat emas pada Sukan Komanwel, seperti menembak, terjun dan gimrama, mungkin berdepan kesukaran untuk mengulangi kejayaan tersebut, kerana negara Asia lain akan memberikan saingan yang jauh lebih hebat.

''Atlet dari Jepun, Korea serta China, malah beberapa negara Asia yang akan menyertai Sukan Asia, pastinya akan memberikan cabaran yang lebih sukar kepada pasukan kita di sana nanti.
''Namun, siapa boleh jangka mungkin acara-acara tersebut dapat mengulangi kejayaan yang sama, itu semua boleh berlaku tanpa kita duga,'' katanya.


Oleh ZAZALI JAMIAN
sukan@utusan.com.my

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