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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to July next year, due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, has given the stakeholders more time to prepare their athletes to produce outstanding performances, said Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican. He...

Wednesday, 05 Aug 2020 08:25 PM MYT

He said the National Sports Council , Olympic Council of Malaysia and Paralympic Council of Malaysia would also have more time to revise their athletes’ training programmes. “This periodical training programme is divided into three cycles — micro, meso and macro — to enable athletes to achieve peak performance when needed,” he said when winding up the debate on the motion of thanks on the Royal Address by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in the Dewan Rakyat today.

 

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