No hurry to name squad

07/07/1998

THE Malaysian AAU are taking their time in deciding on the squad for the
Asian Track and Field championships in Fukuoka, Japan, on July 19-22.
MAAU have had enough time to select the athletes at the Negri Sembilan
Open, Perak Open and the Johor Open.
But they would rather wait until the pre-Games meet at Bukit Jalil on
July 12-15 before finalising the squad, who will depart for Fukuoka the
following day (July 16).
MAAU president Datuk Khalid Yunus said they are in no hurry. "We will
finalise the squad after the pre-Games. At the moment, we have 19 athletes
who have qualified."
MAAU and the National Sports Council, who have the final say, had agreed
to send 11 men and three women.
The 11 men are sprinters Watson, Hamberi Mahat, R. Ganeshwaran, middle
distance runners R. Nandakumar and S. Vasu, long distance expert M.
Ramachandran, high jumper Loo Kum Zee, walkers Narinder Singh and Teoh
Boon Lim, decathlete Malik Tobias and pole vaulter Teh Weng Chang. The
three women are walkers Yuan Yu Fang and Annastasia Karen Raj and sprinter
G. Shanti.
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