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KUALA LUMPUR - Kelemahan penganjuran terutama dari segi gelanggang pertandingan bukan alasan buat atlet negara untuk tidak memberikan persembahan terbaik menjelang Sukan SEA 2013 Myanmar yang akan berlangsung pada 11 hingga 22 Disember ini.

Menurut Presiden Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Jaafar, mereka masih lagi mengenal pasti beberapa masalah yang terdapat di Myanmar dan mereka tidak menolak kemungkinan keadaan gelanggang bakal menjadi masalah buat negara bertanding.

ā€œAda sesetengah gelanggang yang mungkin tidak seperti yang diharapkan oleh atlet namun sebagai atlet antarabangsa mereka sudah pasti boleh mengatasi masalah tersebut," katanya kepada dalam sidang media selepas Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Pemilihan Kontinjen Malaysia ke Sukan SEA ke-27 Myanmar Sesi Pertama semalam.

Jelasnya, semua perkara tidak semestinya sempurna dan kekurangan bagi sesebuah acara adalah sebahagian daripada karier seseorang atlet tersebut.

ā€œMyanmar akan mengadakan temasya ini di dua tempat yang berasingan, sudah pasti ada lokasi yang gelanggangnya baru disiapkan dan ada yang menggunakan gelanggang lama. Bagaimanapun saya mahu semua pegawai dan atlet dapat menyesuaikan diri dan fleksibel mengenai masalah ini.
ā€œTidak kira masalah kemudahan, pengadilan, pemakanan dan tempat tinggal semua kontinjen akan menghadapi masalah yang sama," ujarnya yang mengakui tidak ada masalah besar yang dilihat mampu mengganggu kontinjen Malaysia di temasya rantau Asia Tenggara itu.

Kata Tunku Imran, sudah ramai wakil dari Malaysia yang meninjau keadaan di sana termasuk Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi tetapi ia sama seperti penganjuran negara lain, Myanmar masih lagi sedang mempersiapkan diri untuk menjadi tuan rumah.

Oleh FERZALFIE FAUZI
ferzalfie.fauzi@utusan.com.my

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