KUALA LUMPUR: Harun Rasheed has resigned as the national athletics chief coach.
The 58-year-old, however, clarified that his resignation had nothing to do with the doping scandal hanging over the squad.
“None of the athletes I trained tested positive in the Indonesia SEA Games,” said Harun, who was appointed national chief coach in early 2010.
“I resigned because I want to take a break as I have been training athletes since 1980. I also want to concentrate on my business and spend time with my family and grandchildren.
“I didn’t submit an official letter but I sent a text message to MAU (Malaysian Athletic Union) president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim and deputy president Karim Ibrahim after the Games.”
Shahidan, who is the coaching committee chairman, confirmed that Harun had verbally informed him of his intention to resign.
“But I haven’t received any letter from him. We will hold a meeting next month to pick a new chief coach,” said Shahidan.
A member of the men’s 4x400m gold medal winning team of P. Yuvaraaj, Schzuan Ahmed Rosley, S. Kannathasan and Mohd Yunus Lasaleh tested positive at the SEA Games.
The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) are awaiting the result of the B sample test.
But Harun nearly lost his job after six of his athletes – five of the women’s 4x100m relay team of Norjannah Hafiszah Jamaluddin, Nurul Sarah Abdul Kadir, Yee Yi Ling, Siti Zubaidah Adabi and Siti Fatimah Mohamed and sprinter Mohd Noor Imran – failed to provide urine samples for tests conducted by the National Sports Institute (NSI) last May.
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The 58-year-old, however, clarified that his resignation had nothing to do with the doping scandal hanging over the squad.
“None of the athletes I trained tested positive in the Indonesia SEA Games,” said Harun, who was appointed national chief coach in early 2010.
“I resigned because I want to take a break as I have been training athletes since 1980. I also want to concentrate on my business and spend time with my family and grandchildren.
“I didn’t submit an official letter but I sent a text message to MAU (Malaysian Athletic Union) president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim and deputy president Karim Ibrahim after the Games.”
Shahidan, who is the coaching committee chairman, confirmed that Harun had verbally informed him of his intention to resign.
“But I haven’t received any letter from him. We will hold a meeting next month to pick a new chief coach,” said Shahidan.
A member of the men’s 4x400m gold medal winning team of P. Yuvaraaj, Schzuan Ahmed Rosley, S. Kannathasan and Mohd Yunus Lasaleh tested positive at the SEA Games.
The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) are awaiting the result of the B sample test.
But Harun nearly lost his job after six of his athletes – five of the women’s 4x100m relay team of Norjannah Hafiszah Jamaluddin, Nurul Sarah Abdul Kadir, Yee Yi Ling, Siti Zubaidah Adabi and Siti Fatimah Mohamed and sprinter Mohd Noor Imran – failed to provide urine samples for tests conducted by the National Sports Institute (NSI) last May.
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