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Skuad memanah mahu tebus aib

SYUKUR selepas tidak digugurkan daripada program Road To London, skuad memanah negara kini berazam mahu membuktikan mereka layak disenaraikan dalam kelompok 77 atlet dengan misi utama tahun ini untuk melayakkan diri ke Olimpik.
Kini tugas besar perlu digalas Cheng Chu Sian, Wan Muhamad Khalmizam Wan Abd Aziz, Arif Farhan Ibrahim Putra dan Muhammad Izzudin Abd Rahim untuk menebus aib yang tercalar di Sukan Komanwel dan Sukan Asia tahun lalu dengan melepasi kelayakan pertama menerusi Kejohanan Dunia di Itali, Julai ini.

Setiausaha Kehormat Persatuan Memanah Kebangsaan Malaysia (NAAM), Abdul Hamid Hasan berkata, biarpun sebelum ini kedudukan mereka dalam program itu tidak menentu tetapi atlet tetap memberi tumpuan untuk layak ke London selepas beraksi di Beijing 2008.
Katanya, meskipun pencapaian pungutan pingat mengecewakan tetapi dari segi kutipan mata, jumlah yang diraih jauh lebih tinggi berbanding di Komanwel dan kekuatan itulah yang mahu dibina skuad memanah sepanjang tahun ini.

Menurut beliau, atlet yang bertanding bukan senarai asal dalam program Road To London dengan ketiadaan Muhamad Marbawi Sulaiman dan Nazrin Aizat Mat Nasir yang kemudian diganti pemanah muda menyebabkan mereka tercari-cari rentak ketika menentang lawan lebih berpengalaman.

“Ketika ini, mereka bersedia untuk kejohanan di Itali dan jurulatih, Lee Jae-Hyung mengharapkan mereka mampu mencapai prestasi terbaik pada kejohanan itu.


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