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‘Kita perlu realistik’

“DI dalam bidang sukan kita tak boleh bohong, perlu realistik dalam menetapkan sasaran dan bukannya sekadar angan-angan. Kita juga perlu akur belum ada atlet negara yang mencapai tahap meyakinkan mampu beraksi di Sukan Olimpik.”

Demikian kenyataan pengkritik sukan tanah air, Tan Sri Dr Prof Emeritus Khoo Kay Kim yang tetap tegas dengan pendirian beliau bahawa misi meraih pingat emas pertama di Sukan Olimpik agak sukar meskipun empat emas disasarkan pada temasya yang bakal berlangsung di London, tahun depan.

Selain harapan besar disandarkan kepada jaguh badminton negara, Datuk Lee Chong Wei, turut memikul berat merealisasikan impian itu ialah Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (basikal), Pandelela Rinong (terjun) dan pasangan beregu, Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong.
Agak keliru dengan sandaran diletakkan di bahu barisan atlet itu, Kay Kim mempersoalkan bagaimana mereka dinilai sehingga diberi harapan besar menghadirkan kilauan emas di Sukan Olimpik.

“Terjun contohnya, kalau dinilai berdasarkan aksi di Sukan Komanwel, saya rasa ia tidak adil kerana tiada penerjun dari China beraksi di kejohanan itu berbanding Sukan Olimpik sedangkan kita semua tahu China adalah kuasa besar acara itu,” katanya.

Pun begitu, seperti kenyataannya sebelum ini, Kay Kim tetap mengakui hanya acara badminton menerusi Chong Wei mampu menghadirkan sedikit harapan untuk melakar emas pertama di Sukan Olimpik.

“Saya akui Chong Wei boleh melakukan sesuatu tetapi prestasinya pula terumbang-ambing. Jadi kesudahannya, saya tak nampak siapa yang boleh diharapkan.

“Namun, secara keseluruhan, saya tidak nafikan kontinjen negara tidak mustahil boleh meraih pingat emas tetapi ia agak sukar,” katanya.
Semalam, Ketua Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN), Datuk Zolkples Embong menerusi laporan di dada akhbar menegaskan jangkauan untuk memenangi empat pingat emas di temasya terulung itu bukan misi mustahil.

Zolkples berkata, meskipun sasaran sebenarnya sebutir emas, keupayaan atlet negara untuk memenangi empat emas di London sememangnya boleh direalisasikan.



Oleh Saiful Affendy Sapran
saifulaffendy@hmetero.com.my

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