MUSLIFAH FURIOUS

Blasts team manager over assessment of her form

AJITPAL SINGH ajitpalsingh@nst.com.my the India leg of the World Cup the following month as I was on medical leave.”

Muslifah also lambasted national coach Park Sang Soon for claiming that Nur Suryani Taibi was mentally and physically better than her for the women’s 50m prone discipline.

“It was an unprofessional and unfair assessment by Sang Soon... neither Nur Suryani nor I have ever trained under him. How did he make this assessment?

“According to the statement, the selection of shooters for the programme is based on current performances and world ranking. But I do not agree with some points.

“Sang Soon has also tarnished my reputation by stating that Haslisa Hamed and Nur Suryani had better results than me in the prone event.

“Sabiamad also made a baseless statement that I was ranked below back-up shooter Nur Afifah Tarmizy in the 50m threeposition discipline. It is quite dumbfounding as Nur Afifah is not even ranked in the latest International Shooting Sport Federation ranking list,” she said.

Muslifah said she had met NSC officials prior to the joint-working committee meeting between the council and the National Shooting Association of Malaysia (NSAM) to discuss her future after being dropped by Podium Programme.

“I did not want to go under the Kita Juara programme but NSAM recommended my name. Anyway. I have decided to directly go under NSAM with a personal coach and manager to prepare for upcoming competitions.

“I still have the desire to compete at the highest level and I will train hard to prove my quality for a spot in the Sea Games team,” Muslifah added.