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Beasley tidak risau aksi Azizul

PERMULAAN agak perlahan oleh jaguh lumba basikal negara, Azizulhasni Awang langsung tidak menggusarkan ketua jurulatih negara, John Beasley terhadap kemungkinan atlet itu untuk layak ke Olimpik.
Azizul kini berada dalam kedudukan selesa dan sudah semakin pasti mengesahkan tempat beraksi buat kali kedua di temasya terbesar dunia itu yang akan berlangsung di kota London bermula 27 Julai hingga 12 Ogos 2012.

Berlandaskan keadaan itu mendorong Beasley untuk tidak menghantar pelumba di bawah program ā€˜Road to Londonā€™ untuk menyertai siri Piala Dunia Klasik yang ketika di Beijing dari 13 hingga 15 Januari depan.
Katanya, selain Azizul selaku juara bertahan dalam acara keirin pada siri itu dan beberapa pelumba seperti Josiah Ng dan Fatehah Mustapa juga tidak akan dihantar untuk membolehkan mereka memberi tumpuan kepada latihan.

ā€œSaya tidak akan menghantar pelumba dalam program Road to London ke Beijing kerana mereka sudah berada dalam pungutan mata yang selesa. Mereka perlu memberi tumpuan kepada latihan dan akan kembali diturunkan di ACC (Kejohanan Basikal Asia) di Kuala Lumpur Februari ini.

ā€œBegitupun, hanya Muhammad Edrus Md Yunos akan diberi peluang untuk terus mengumpul mata di Beijing dan saya yakin dia mampu untuk memperbaiki catatan masanya kerana dia seorang pelumba berbakat,ā€ katanya.

Mengiring Edrus pada siri ketiga itu adalah beberapa pelumba pelapis membabitkan Mohd Fattah Amri Zaid, Muhd Arfy Qhairant Amran dan beberapa nama lain yang akan diputuskan kelak bagi mengumpul pengalaman bersaing dalam pertandingan bertaraf dunia.

Beasley berkata, penyertaan di ACC yang dijadualkan bermula pada 8 hingga 12 Februari itu adalah penting kerana mereka akan turun selaku pelumba tuan rumah yang akan memberi kelebihan untuk mengumpul lebih banyak mata kelayakan Olimpik.

ā€œACC adalah penting bagi saya. Begitu juga dengan Azizul serta pelumba lain. Mereka perlu mengambil peluang itu untuk melakarkan kejayaan di hadapan penyokong sendiri selain berusaha memberi impak apabila turun di Kejohanan Dunia di Melbourne Mac nanti,ā€ katanya. Azizul dan Josiah berada di kedudukan selesa dalam pungutan mata benua Asia. Josiah berada di kedudukan sembilan dengan selepas mengumpul 260 mata manakala Azizul di tempat ke-20 (170 mata), jauh meninggalkan wakil dari negara China. Fatehah mengumpul mata keseluruhan 474.67 mata (terbaik Asia) diikuti Hong Kong 456.67 mata dan Korea Selatan 256.67 mata. Hanya dua pelumba terbaik Asia akan beraksi di London.



HARIAN METRO

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