ATHLETICS


KUALA LUMPUR: S. Komalam Shally’s is national women’s 4x100m team and she was dropped from the SEA Games athletics squad due to alleged repeat of indiscipline offence. Her plea to run for Malaysia again will soon be discussed by the Malaysian Athletics Federation and national sports council.

Komalam said that she was not informed what was the disciplinary issue that caused her to be dismissed from the national women’s 4x100m team just days before the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games. She was asked to attend a meeting at the fifth floor of the National Sports Council building. They were in meeting room with Datuk Salim Pralan and several coaches and she was told that she was dropped from the SEA Games realy team due to the disciplinary issue.
She said that she was socked and she kept quit for a while, didn’t know what to say. She than apologize if she dah offended anyone.





This was revealed by MAF president Datuk Karim Ibrahim, when asked about Komalam’s case. It is learned that Komalam incurred the wrath of MAF for allegedly not respecting a national coach.
“We are still waiting for a meeting between MAF and NSC to make a decision on Komalam’s appeal”, said Karim. Karim said the NSC will decide on the conditions for Komalam to return to national training.

29-year-old Komalam said she hopes to be given a chance by MAF to return to national training. Komalam, who was named the Armed Forces’ sportswoman of the year said she still training hard.

The MAF earlier turned down an appeal by Komalam to let her participate in the annual national championships. Her absence was given an impact and affected the national relay sprint team.

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