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Program bakal berdepan masalah

BIARPUN memberi lampu hijau, Ketua Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN), Datuk Zolkples Embong mengingatkan Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (KOAM) bahawa program latihan atlet di Ranau Sabah bakal berdepan masalah.
Beliau yang sebelum ini berat hati untuk memberi kebenaran atas alasan lokasi dan kemudahan di Ranau belum lengkap berkata, ada atlet dilapor tidak bersedia mengikuti program itu.

“Saya tidak cakap tidak mahu meluluskan program itu, cuma apa yang saya persoal sebelum ini, adakah lokasi itu betul-betul memberi manafaat kepada atlet? “Keputusan ini bukan kerana MSN menyerah kalah, tapi 15 atlet yang terpilih dalam program itu benar-benar layak di bawah program MSN berbanding 60 hingga 70 atlet dalam cadangan awal mereka sebelum ini. Kami tidak mahu di kemudian hari akan dipersalahkan kerana tidak mahu membantu atlet.
“Tapi harus diingat, adakah semua atlet ini mahu menyertai program di Ranau? “Jika ada atlet yang tidak mahu pergi, KOAM tidak boleh menggantikan dengan atlet lain. Kami juga membenarkan lima jurulatih mengiringi atlet ke sana tapi KOAM kena fikir, setiap jurulatih mempunyai ramai atlet di bawah jagaan mereka, jika mereka ke sana, siapa yang mahu melatih atlet di MSN Bukit Jalil? “Masalah ini perlu diselesaikan KOAM, MSN hanya menyalurkan bantuan dari segi makan-minum atlet, penginapan dan pengangkutan,” katanya.

Mengikut perancangan KOAM, kesemua atlet terbabit akan memulakan latihan fasa pertama bermula bulan depan dan KOAM mengesahkan hampir 99 peratus atlet menyatakan persetujuan untuk menyertai latihan persiapan menghadapi Sukan Sea, Palembang, November ini.Bagaimanapun, sehingga kini, KOAM belum menyatakan tarikh sebenar permulaan program itu.

“Buat permulaan, MSN hanya meluluskan program ini selama sebulan dan jika atlet mempamerkan peningkatan, kami akan menyambung tempoh program. “Tapi sehingga kini, KOAM belum memberitahu tarikh program itu akan dimulakan. Kami mahu menguruskan tiket penerbangan atlet dan jurulatih, jika mereka benar-benar mahukan program ini, lakukanlah dengan segera, jangan tunggu saat akhir,” kata Zolkples.



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