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Usaha KOM selamatkan karier Mohd. Yunus

KUALA LUMPUR - Kesatuan Olahraga Malaysia (KOM) bakal mengemukakan rayuan kepada Persekutuan Olahraga Antarabangsa (IAAF) bagi meringankan hukuman terhadap atletnya Mohd. Yunus Lasalleh yang didapati positif doping pada Sukan SEA XXVI.

Presiden KOM, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim berkata, rayuan akan kemukakan kerana Mohd. Yunus mempunyai prestasi yang baik dalam sukan olahraga.
Kata Shahidan, KOM sedang menunggu keputusan daripada IAAF berhubung hukuman yang bakal dikenakan kepada atlet tersebut.

"Kita telah memperoleh keputusan bahawa Mohd. Yunus memang positif doping dan kita masih menunggu tempoh hukuman pengantungan yang bakal dikenakan.

"Hukuman boleh dilaksanakan oleh IAAF sendiri atau dengan cara mengarahkan KOM untuk mengantung atlet terlibat.

"Selalunya hukuman kesalahan seperti ini digantung dua tahun. Kita akan merayu agar hukuman yang dikenakan kepada Yunus diringankan. ," kata Shahidan selepas mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Kejurulatihan KOM, di sini, semalam.

Mohd. Yunus yang memembantu kuartet 4x400m memenangi emas Sukan SEA XXVI, disahkan positif doping oleh Jawatankuasa Penganjur Sukan SEA Indonesia (Inasoc).

Pingat emas yang dimenangi Mohd. Yunus bersama gandingan Sehzuan Ahmad Rosely, P. Yuvaraaj dan S. Kannathasan di Palembang ditarik balik selepas Persekutuan Sukan SEA (SEAGF) mendapati atlet tersebut bersalah mengunakan bahan terlarang semasa pertandingan.

Sementara itu, Shahidan turut menjawab isu pemilihan dua atlet olahraga ke Sukan Olimpik, London 2012 iaitu jaguh lompat tinggi negara, Lee Hup Wei dan ratu 400m lari berpagar, Noraseela Khalid.
Menurutnya, pemilihan mereka dibuat mengikuti ranking IAAF.

"Perkara ini bukan isu kerana pemilihan dibuat mengikut kedudukan ranking IAAF sebelum 15 Jun dan selepas 15 Jun kita hanya boleh membuat pertukaran untuk atlet yang melepasi kelayakan sahaja.
"Kita juga perlu terima hakikat bahawa pemilihan ini berdasarkan kepada tiket wildcard dan sesiapa yang mahu mengeluarkan kenyataan berhubung perkara ini perlu mempunyai statistik daripada IAAF," katanya.



- UTUSAN

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