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Shabery pertahan empat emas 2012

KUALA LUMPUR – Biarlah ejekan, gurauan mahupun tohmahan, Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek (gambar) tetap berkeras mempertahankan kenyataannya sebelum ini bahawa empat pingat emas dalam jangkauan atlet negara pada Sukan Olimpik 2012 London.

Jelas Shabery, beliau tetap yakin dengan kemampuan atlet negara yang berada dalam Program Road To London 2012, terutamanya atlet harapan yang disebut-sebut mampu meraih pingat emas semasa Pelancaran Detik 500 Hari Program Road To London minggu lepas.

“Saya yakin dengan kemampuan mereka, seperti yang saya katakan sebelum ini. Pemain badminton perseorangan lelaki nombor satu dunia, Datuk Lee Chong Wei berada dalam jangkauan untuk memenangi pingat emas Olimpik,” katanya pada sidang media selepas Majlis Menandatangani Perjanjian Persefahaman (MoU) antara Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) dengan Mines Event Management di sini, semalam.

Jelasnya, selain Chong Wei, empat lagi atlet lain berada di landasan terbaik untuk diletakkan harapan memenangi pingat emas termasuk gandingan beregu Koo Kien Kiat-Tan Boon Heong, penerjun wanita, Pandelela Rinong dan jaguh berbasikal trek, Mohd. Azizulhasni Awang.

“Mereka ini berada dalam jangkauan untuk memenangi pingat emas Olimpik pertama negara, misalnya Chong Wei yang telah mengalahkan Lin Dan pada perlawanan akhir All England, baru-baru ini.
“Kita mengharapkan dia terus mempamerkan aksi yang konsisten sehingga tahun depan, kecuali jika dia mengalami demam ataupun kecederaan begitu juga dengan pasangan beregu, Koo dan Tan, serta Azizulhasni,” ujarnya.

Shabery berkata, Pandelela telah mempamerkan rentak konsisten selepas memenangi pingat perak pada Siri Terjun Dunia FINA di Moscow, Ahad lalu.

“Jadi semua ini tidak mustahil untuk ditukarkan kepada pingat emas. Kita juga tidak menjangkakan Rashid Sidek akan memenangi pingat tetapi dia berjaya memenangi pingat gangsa di Sukan Olimpik 1996 Atlanta, diikuti pingat perak oleh Chong Wei di Beijing 2008.

“Sekarang adalah masanya untuk kita mengharapkan pingat emas pula, begitu juga dalam sukan lain selain daripada badminton,” katanya.

Dalam pada itu Shabery mengharapkan Ekspo Golf dan Dagangan Sukan Malaysia (MSTGE) 2011 terus mendapat tumpuan dan penganjuran buat kali kedua ini bakal memberi peluang bukan sahaja kepada pembeli tetapi penjual dalam memperkenalkan barangan mereka.



Oleh FERZALFIE FAUZI
ferzalfie.fauzi@utusan.com.my

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