Nirosh galas cabaran

Oleh Esme Johari Wahab

Kuala Lumpur: Pelari acara 200meter N Nirosh Kumar berhajat meneruskan rentak kemenangan apabila mendapat lampu hijau beraksi pada Kejohanan Sekolah Asean 2013 (ASG) bermula Sabtu ini di Hanoi, Vietnam.

Kepantasan Nirosh, pelari kelahiran Manjung, Perak mula mendapat perhatian untuk diserapkan dalam skuad senior sejak ditabalkan juara 200m Kejohanan Olahraga Majlis Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah Malaysia (MSSM) ke-55 di Kuantan, baru-baru ini. Pelari berusia 17 tahun itu menyifatkan lonjakan prestasi dipamer sekarang meningkat lebih baik sejak mengikuti pengajian di Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil (SSBJ). “Salah satu peningkatan prestasi disebabkan latihan dijalani bersama pelari senior di Bukit Jalil. Pendedahan ini hadir selepas mendapat bimbingan latihan bersama Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia di Lumut.

“Sasaran sekarang adalah beraksi pada ASG Hanoi dalam masa terdekat dan berharap dapat melakukan catatan masa bawah 22 saat. Saya yakin mampu meraih pingat emas atau perak andai dapat berlari di bawah catatan masa itu yang dianggap sebagai halangan terbesar kepada diri sendiri,” katanya, memiliki catatan peribadi terbaik 22.1s.

Kata Nirosh, dia turut bertekad mahu cuba mendapat tempat beraksi pada Sukan SEA ke-27 di Myanmar hujung tahun ini.

“Dengan masa kelayakan ditetapkan 21.08s untuk ke Myanmar, saya tidak mahu mensia-siakannya apabila diberi peluang untuk membuktikan sesuatu. Olahraga adalah sukan paling diminati dan saya datang ke Bukit Jalil untuk menimba pengalaman bertanding pada pelbagai peringkat dan paling awal tiba di garisan penamat dalam kejohanan saya sertai. Cara terbaik adalah bersaing dengan senior kerana mereka mampu menawarkan cabaran terbaik dari segi kepantasan dan tahap kompetitif,” katanya.

Selain berlatih dan bersiap sedia menghadapi peperiksaan Sijil Peperiksaan Malaysia (SPM) pada November, Nirosh mengakui mahu membentuk otot lebih mantap.

“Fizikal sekarang perlu diseimbangkan dengan otot yang padat, jadi fokus acara 200m pada penyertaan di Hanoi saya anggap penting. Salah satu diet paling penting adalah susu, tidur mencukupi dan disiplin dalam serba-serbi,” katanya.. Kejohanan ASG 2013 di Hanoi bermula 22 hingga 30 Jun ini.

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Nirosh wants to blaze the tracks like his idol Jegathesan

 

KUANTAN: N. Nirosh Kumar (pic) wants to emulate the success of former sprint king Tan Sri Dr Mani Jegathesan after clocking a personal best of 22.14 to win the 200m gold medal in the boys’ Under-18 category in the National Schools (MSSM) Athletics Championships at Darul Makmur Stadium here yesterday.

Johor’s Nasharuddin Mohamed (22.42) took the silver while Malacca’s Mohd Azam Masri, who won the 100m, 400m and 4x100m, could only clock 22.48 for the bronze.

Nirosh, a Form Five Student of Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS), is glad that his decision to skip the 100m and concentrate on the 200m had paid off handsomely.

“I conserved my energy for the 200m and I’m happy I won it with a personal best time. I also improved on my personal best in the heats when I clocked 22.31,” said the well-built Nirosh, whose previous personal best was 22.34.

Nirosh, who is trained by coach Tan Kok Lim, is dead set on becoming a sprint king – just like his idol Jegathesan.

“I believe that I have the strength, stamina and speed to be the sprint king in Asia. But I also know that to be like Jegathesan, I have to train really hard,” he said.

Jegathesan is fondly referred to as the “Flying Doctor” for blazing the tracks in Asia during his heyday. He was the fastest man in Asia after winning three golds – in 100m, 200m and 4x100m – in the 1966 Bangkok Asian Games.

Jegathesan also featured in three Olympics – Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964) and Mexico (1968) – and still holds the 200m record of 20.92, which he set in the semi-finals of the Mexico Olympics.
“I’ll give my full attention to athletics after I finish my Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) exams in November,” said Nirosh.

Fathin Faqihan Mohd Yusuf of Sabah, who will be competing in the 400m in the World Youth Championships in Ukraine from July 10-14, was far from pleased despite winning her second gold in the 200m of the girls’ Under-18 category in 25.22.

Shereen Vallabouy, the daughter of former international Samson, won her first gold in girls’ Under-15 category after clocking 25.76 in the 200m event.

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