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MUKA baru dalam Kesatuan Olahraga Malaysia (KOM) bukan penamat bagi segala kontroversi yang melanda kesatuan itu kerana begitu banyak persoalan perlu diselesaikan peneraju baru, Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad.

ā€œNamun ini bukanlah masa untuk pihak yang kalah bertindak balas dan mereka yang tewas harus menerima dengan sikap terbuka,ā€ kata Ketua Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN), Datuk Seri Zolkples Embong.

Pertelingkahan Zolkples dan bekas Timbalan KOM, Datuk Karim Ibrahim dikatakan banyak merencatkan pembangunan olahraga tanah air apabila sering tidak sependapat dan selepas ketiadaan individu itu, hubungan antara dua badan sukan negara dijangka kembali pulih.
Biarpun mengaku terkejut apabila jatuhnya regim kendalian bekas Presiden KOM, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim yang tewas dengan hanya dua undi, Zolkpels berkata, pihak yang tewas perlu menerima kekalahan kerana ia pilihan majoriti.

ā€œMemang saya ada menerima SMS (khidmat pesanan ringkas) daripada segelintir atlet yang gembira dengan pucuk pimpinan baru tapi saya lihat perkara itu sebagai satu sinar baru dan berharap tiada lagi masalah timbul seperti sebelum ini. ā€œMemang saya akui dalam mengendalikan 50 persatuan sukan, setiap persatuan mempunyai masalah berlainan.

ā€œBagi saya inilah masa sesuai untuk olahraga terus memandang ke depan kerana saya tidak mempunyai masalah untuk bekerjasama dengan mana-mana pihak.
ā€œBanyak masa yang terbuang dan perkara itu perlu diteliti dan diperhalusi dengan segera demi pembangunan olahraga,ā€ katanya yang yakin pucuk pimpinan baru mampu membawa angin perubahan kepada KOM berikutan tokoh yang dipilih mempunyai kelebihan masing-masing.

Mengulas sembilan pingat emas yang disasarkan Shahidan pada hari terakhir bergelar Presiden KOM, Zolkples berkata, perkara itu perlu dipandang dari sudut positif dan ia satu cabaran untuk mengembalikan olahraga sebagai penyumbang pingat emas utama terutama di Sukan Sea.

Bagaimanapun, beliau belum dapat mencongak daripada mana pingat itu akan dihasilkan kerana berdasarkan trek rekod sedia ada, negara masih lagi bergantung kepada atlet senior biarpun mengaku perkara itu bukan mustahil untuk dicapai. Kelmarin dalam Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan KOM, Shahidan gagal mempertahankan jawatannya untuk penggal ketiga apabila tewas kepada Zainal, 21-23 manakala bagi jawatan timbalan pula menyaksikan Karim kalah kepada Presiden Persatuan Olahraga Amatur Terengganu (POAT), Datuk Wan Hisham Wan Salleh 19-25.




Oleh Aida Adilah Mat
aida@hmetro.com.my

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