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Zol tuntut penjelasan

KETUA jurulatih olahraga negara, Harun Rasheed kini perlu berani tampil memberikan penjelasan bagi mengelakkan masalah antidoping membabitkan anak-anak didiknya bertambah rumit.
Saranan itu disuarakan sendiri oleh Ketua Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN), Datuk Zolkples Embong yang melihat tindakan itu bakal menjernihkan keadaan yang semakin kusut terutamanya ketika kebuntuan mengenai kedudukan tiga atlet di bawah jagaannya yang masih gagal dikesan.

ā€œAdalah sangat penting untuk beliau tampil ke depan dan menjelaskan perkara sebenar. Saya juga sebenarnya masih belum jelas terutamanya mengenai penglibatannya dalam perkara ini atau terdapat pihak lain yang turut memainkan peranan.
ā€œBeliau sudah lama menjadi jurulatih, sekiranya benar kenapa ia dilakukan sekarang dan tidak sebelum ini,ā€ katanya.

Harun kini menjadi tumpuan selepas salah seorang daripada enam atlet olahraga yang melarikan diri daripada menjalani ujian antidoping di Institut Sukan Negara (ISN) minggu lalu mendakwa tindakan mereka itu adalah kerana mengikut arahan ketua jurulatih negara itu yang juga berkemungkinan berpunca daripada sejenis pil yang diberikan ketua jurulatih itu sejak kebelakangan ini.

Tiga daripada enam atlet terbabit bagaimanapun mengubah fikiran dan menjalani ujian antidoping seperti yang diarahkan manakala lokasi sebenar Nurul Sarah Kadir, Norjannah Hafiszah Kamaruddin dan Mohd Noor Imran A Hadi yang 'lesap' sejak Selasa lalu masih belum diketahui.

ā€œKami sudah membuat laporan polis kelmarin mengenai kehilangan tiga atlet itu dan kini sedang berusaha untuk mendapatkan pengesahan daripada pihak imigresen sama ada mereka sudah berada di Bulgaria atau sebaliknya,ā€ katanya.

Lebih menghairankan Zolkples apabila terdapat terdapat arahan dari pihak tertentu kepada tiga atlet yang sudah menjalani ujian antidoping iaitu Siti Fatimah Mohamad, Siti Zubaidah Adabi dan Yee Li Leng supaya segera berlepas ke Bulgaria.

ā€œSaya memang pelik dengan perkembangan terbaru ini kerana tiga atlet itu beraksi untuk acara berganti-ganti (4x100m) dan tidak dapat menjalani latihan sempurna sekiranya tidak mempunyai ahli pasukan tidak lengkap, melainkan baki tiga atlet yang menghilangkan diri itu memang sudah berada di Bulgaria tanpa pengetahuan MSN,ā€ katanya.

Pada asalnya kesemua atlet yang terbabit dijadualkan menjalani latihan di Bulgaria di bawah pembiayaan MSN berjumlah RM177,782 namun keadaan menjadi rumit berikutan tindakan mereka menghilangkan diri selepas diarahkan menjalani ujian antidoping.

Difahamkan Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia yang masih belum mengeluarkan sebarang kenyataan rasmi berhubung perkara itu akan membincangkan perkara itu pada mesyuarat majlisnya pada minggu depan.


HARIAN METRO

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