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Peluang terakhir pemanah wanita

KUALA LUMPUR - Peluang skuad memanah recurve wanita negara mengiringi rakan sepasukan lelaki ke Olimpik London masih belum tertutup sepenuhnya, dengan siri ketiga Piala Dunia Memanah di Ogden, Amerika Syarikat pada 19-24 Jun ini, akan menjadi medan buruan tiket terakhir.

Kejohanan di bandar raya AS itu digunakan Persekutuan Memanah Dunia (FITA) untuk mengadakan serentak Pertandingan Kelayakan Terakhir (FQT) bagi mencari calon mengisi baki tiga slot berpasukan dan empat slot individu (kedua-dua kategori lelaki dan wanita) terakhir.

Setakat ini, hanya Nurul Syafiqah Hashim berjaya mengesahkan tiket individu melalui Kejohanan Asia di Tehran, Iran tahun lalu.

Malaysia masih berpeluang menghantar wakil maksimum tiga pemanah sekiranya berjaya menamatkan saingan FQT sebagai tiga pasukan terbaik.

Misi itu bagaimanapun dilihat agak mustahil memandangkan prestasi skuad wanita yang juga dianggotai Ng Sui Kim, Nur Amirah Mohamad dan Shahira Abdul Rahim tidak begitu menyerlah berbanding pasukan lelaki di pentas dunia.

Hanya 12 pasukan berhak beraksi pada Olimpik London, sedangkan pasukan wanita kita yang sekadar menduduki ranking ke-26 dunia, tidak dianggap sebagai pencabar kepada tiga slot yang masih menjadi rebutan.

Dalam pada itu, Piala Dunia Ogden juga tidak boleh diambil mudah trio lelaki, Cheng Chu Sian, Khairul Anuar Mohamed dan Haziq Kamaruddin yang menjadi kumpulan atlet pertama Malaysia mengesahkan aksi Olimpik menerusi Kejohanan Dunia di Torino, Itali Julai lalu.

Anak didik Lee Jae-Hyung yang cemerlang sepanjang separuh tahun kedua 2011, masih tercari-cari rentak tahun ini setelah kecundang seawal pusingan pertama pada dua siri Piala Dunia terdahulu di Shanghai, China dan Antalya, Turki.

Oleh itu, sebarang harapan untuk melihat mereka mencabar pingat pada Olimpik bergantung kepada persembahan di Ogden yang sudah pasti dijadikan sebagai medan pemanas badan oleh hampir kesemua pasukan yang bakal berentap pada temasya sukan terbesar dunia itu.

Pada Olimpik Beijing empat tahun lalu, Malaysia yang diwakili Chu Sian, Marbawi Sulaiman dan Wan Khalmizam Abdul Aziz mara sehingga ke suku akhir, namun pasukan sedia ada diyakini mampu mencapai prestasi tahap lebih tinggi.

Ini berdasarkan kemampuan trio pemanah kita itu menjuarai Kejohanan Asia dan muncul naib juara siri keempat Piala Dunia Shanghai tahun lalu, sebelum konsistensi kembali menjadi masalah bermula awal tahun ini.




Oleh TAN MING WAI
tan.mingwai@utusan.com.my

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