It's better to start quality control now, says Mazlan

13/06/1998

MALAYSIA AAU (MAAU) president Datuk Khalid Yunus is confident that more
athletes will qualify for the Asian Track and Field (ATF) championships on
July 19-22 in Fukuoka, Japan.
A joint MAAU-National Sports Council (NSC) committee have selected 10
athletes thus far for the championships, based on the fourth placing mark
at the last ATF in Jakarta, but the door is still open for more athletes
to qualify.
"The athletes still have the Perak Open and the Johor Open on July 4-5
to qualify. If they beat the qualifying mark, they will make the trip to
Japan," said Khalid.
MAAU had named 21 athletes for the championships, but NSC director
general Datuk Mazlan Ahmad said only 10 have made the qualifying mark.
"It is not that we don't want to send more for exposure but it is better
to start quality control right now to prepare for the Commonwealth Games."
At the last ATF in 1995, Malaysia won two bronze medals through Loo Kum
Zee (high jump) and Nurherman Majid (110m hurdles).
ATF squad - Men: Watson Nyambek, Hamberi Mahat, R. Ganeswaran, M.
Ramachandran, Loo Kum Zee, Narinder Singh, Teoh Boon Lim; Women: G.
Shanti, Yuan Yufang, Annastasia Karen Raj.
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