KOTA BHARU, June 17 — The Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) will meet the Road To Gold (RTG) committee on Monday (June 19) in Putrajaya, to discuss every aspect related to the requirements and requests of athletes involved in the programme.
Its minister Hannah Yeoh said the issues need to be given due consideration to ensure athletes involved in the RTG programme will be able to pursue their search for an elusive gold medal in the Olympics and win the country’s first-ever gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“All requests from athletes, including from the country’s ace track cyclist Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang will be discussed during the meeting on Monday,” she said.
Yeoh was speaking at the opening of the Kelantan-level 2023 National Youth Day celebrations, at the Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium earlier today, in the presence of Wan Roslan Wan Hamat who is the state Youth, Sports and NGO committee chairman.
The 2024 Paris Olympics Malaysian contingent chef-de-mission Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin assured athletes involved in the Road To Gold programme their requests would be brought to the attention of the minister for consideration.
In another development, Yeoh said the Rakan Muda programme will be launched on June 24, and attended by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Bangi, Selangor.
“Rakan Muda will be organised and managed in a systematic manner and youths involved in the programme will be rewarded accordingly.
“The ministry will also provide an allocation of RM500,000 to the Kelantan state government to organise activities related to community sports to ensure youths in the state remained active and healthy,” she said.
— Bernama
