Visit of the Institut Perguruan Teknik.

57 undergraduate Education Science Degree student and accompanied by 2 lecturers from Institut Perguruan Teknik, Kuala Lumpur visited the Olympic Council of Malaysia on Tuesday, February 24.

The visit was part of their PJ 3112 physical education curriculum. The group was also briefed by OCM Secretary General, Dato Sieh Kok Chi on the issues pertaining sports in Malaysia. They also had the opportunity to watch a video presentation on the history of the Olympic games.

Their also was then taken for a tour of the OCM Sports Museum & Hall of Fame and also the facilities in Wisma OCM, including the Olympic Resource Centre, the training hall, OCM Indoor Sports Arena, the offices of National Sports Association located in Wisma OCM.

Ministry To Turn NSC Complex Into Sports City

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Youth and Sports hope to go ahead with its plan to turn the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil into a Sports City despite the economic crisis.

Its Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the proposal was still in the planning stage.

"We hope the Sports City will become a hub for all sports and not just a few selected sports," he told reporters after announcing the Malaysia International Sports and Trade 2009 (MISET'09) here today.

Ismail Sabri said the Ministry had earlier set up a committee to set up a Sports Museum as part of the initiative.

"The committee chairman Datuk Wira Mazlan Ahmad and the members are currently gathering articles or exhibits from ex-national athletes or their family members like legendary footballer, the late Mohktar Dahari to be displayed in the museum," he said.

Ismail Sabri added that a number of sports venues like the Panasonic Sports Complex (Matsushita Stadium in Shah Alam), Jalan Duta Hockey Stadium and the Jalan Duta National Tennis Centre would also come under the purview of the Ministry from March 1.

"In future, the Ministry will solely manage and administer all sports complexes while the National Sports Council's role will be to train athletes while the National Sports Institute takes charge of sports science," he said.

The idea of setting up a Sports City was mooted during the National Sports Convention held in November last year but the Ministry has yet to determine the budget for the purpose, he said.

Meanwhile, the two-day inaugural MISET to be held on June 26-27 and organised by the GK Group and the Malaysian Athletes Welfare Foundation, would see more than 30 countries exhibit and promote high quality and state-of-the-art sports equipment.

"Through the exhibition, Malaysia will become a hub for sports facilities and research, especially with the involvement of universities," he said.

-- BERNAMA

Muzium sukan bakal diwujudkan - Ismail Sabri

Oleh FERZALFIE FAUZI
ferzalfie.fauzi@utusan.com.my

ISMAIL SABRI YAAKOB

KUALA LUMPUR - Impian bakal menjadi kenyataan. Itulah yang diharapkan oleh Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) yang mahu menjadikan Kompleks Sukan Negara (KSN) sebagai bandar sukan apabila sebuah muzium sukan bakal diwujudkan tidak lama lagi.

Pengumuman yang telah dibuat pada 12 Julai tahun lalu ketika KSN menyambut ulang tahunnya yang ke-10 sudah diberi bayangan oleh KBS bahawa usah mereka untuk merealisasikan rancangan itu bukan omong kosong.

Menurut Menterinya, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, selain menjadikan KSN sebagai gelanggang untuk kejohanan dan pusat barangan sukan, muzium sukan juga akan diwujudkan di situ.

"Kita sedang melakukan kajian dengan teliti untuk mewujudkan muzium sukan ini dan tokoh sejarah seperti Profesor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Khoo Kay Kim bersama yang lain sudah memulakan kajian itu," katanya selepas merasmikan Majlis Pra-Pelancaran Pameran dan Perdagangan Sukan Antarabangsa (MISET) 2009, semalam.

Jelasnya, kajian teliti perlu sebelum muzium tersebut diwujudkan dan ia mengambil sedikit masa dengan tidak melakukannya secara tergesa-gesa.

"Kita akan bekerjasama dengan individu tertentu mahupun Yayasan Atlet Kebangsaan (Yakeb) dalam membina muzium tersebut.

"Mungkin kita akan mempamerkan jersi Allahyarham Mokhtar Dahari dengan meminta keizinan daripada keluarganya ataupun meminta jasa baik Sultan Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah untuk mempamerkan barangan sukan yang dimiliki baginda," ujarnya

Katanya, perancangan muzium sukan ini sudah bermula dan mahu semua rakyat sentiasa mengingati Bukit Jalil sebagai bandar sukan.

"MISET 2009 ini juga sebagai salah satu usaha untuk menjadikan KSN sebagai bandar sukan, pameran seperti ini ialah yang pertama di Asia Pasifik.

"Ia sebagai momentum untuk mewujudkan bandar sukan apabila 20 negara sudah membuat pengesahan ingin mengambil bahagian dalam pameran ini, sekali gus memperkenalkan KSN di mata dunia," kata Ismail.

Menurutnya, dalam keadaan ekonomi yang tidak mengizinkan dan menunggu bandar sukan ini dilancarkan adalah lebih baik pameran seperti itu menjadi langkah pertama untuk merealisasikan impian tersebut.

"Saya amat berbesar hati dengan kesudian Yakeb yang datang membantu dan menganjurkan pameran ini dan saya mahu ia dijadikan sebagai aktiviti tahunan.

MISET 2009 akan diadakan pada 26 hingga 28 Jun depan di Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil dengan objektif utama adalah untuk mencari pasaran, membina hubungan, mengenalpasti peluang dan membangunkan teknologi baru dalam peralatan sukan.

Muzium sukan bakal didirikan

Oleh Meor Hisham Zulkifli
sham@bharian.com.my

Perlu kumpul barangan lama seperti jersi Mokhtar Dahari: Ismail Sabri

MUZIUM untuk sukan negara akan didirikan di Kota Sukan Bukit Jalil sebaik segala persiapan berjaya diatur oleh kumpulan petugas khas yang diketuai Pengerusi Panel Penasihat Sukan, Datuk Wira Mazlan Ahmad.

Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, berkata Mazlan yang akan turut dibantu beberapa pegawai serta profesor akan melakukan kajian serta mengumpul segala bahan berkaitan sejarah sukan untuk diarkibkan di muzium itu.

“Banyak bahan sejarah berkaitan sukan perlu dihimpunkan dan ia mungkin mengambil masa yang agak lama. Selain itu, beberapa faktor turut perlu dikaji termasuk lokasi muzium berkenaan,” katanya di Bukit Jalil semalam.

Ismail Sabri menjangkakan, muzium itu mungkin mengambil masa yang agak lama untuk didirikan kerana banyak sejarah yang perlu dihimpunkan oleh kumpulan petugas berkenaan.

“Kita tidak boleh melakukannya secara tergesa-gesa. Kita perlu mengumpulkan segala barangan lama seperti koleksi jersi legenda bola sepak negara, Allahyarham Mokhtar Dahari.

“Saya juga dimaklumkan, Sultan Selangor, Tuanku Sharafuddin, juga mempunyai banyak koleksi barangan sukan,” katanya yang menegaskan, muzium berkenaan akan menjadi simbol kegemilangan sukan negara di Kota Sukan Bukit Jalil.

Sementara itu, hasrat mewujudkan Kota Sukan di Kompleks Sukan Bukit Jalil bakal direalisasikan bermula dengan penganjuran Pameran Sukan dan Dagangan Antarabangsa yang bakal diadakan pada 26 hingga 28 Jun depan.

Ismail Sabri, berkata pameran anjuran Yayasan Kebajikan Atlit Kebangsaan (Yakeb) itu bakal menjadi pemangkin untuk merangsang pembangunan di situ seperti yang dicadangkan ketika Konvensyen Sukan Kebangsaan.

“Matlamat kita adalah menjadikan kawasan ini bukan saja gelanggang sukan tetapi nadi pengeluaran, jualan dan pengedaran barangan sukan,” katanya selepas melancarkan pameran itu.

Lebih 20 syarikat dijangka menyertai pameran itu termasuk pengeluar barangan sukan dari China dan Taiwan yang sudah pun mengesahkan penyertaan mereka. Sebahagian keuntungan pameran yang dikendalikan syarikat swasta itu, akan disalurkan kepada Yakeb.

Berita Harian

Commemoration - Kuala Lumpur 1998

Olympian Oral Histories

The LA84 Foundation, in cooperation with Southern California Olympians, has undertaken an oral history project involving Olympic medal winners who once lived in Southern California, or who live here now. Several oral histories have been completed and are available below: Search page: Gordon B. Adam Rowing, 1936 Evelyne Hall Adams Track and Field, 1932 Russell Allen Cycling, 1932 Don Barksdale Basketball, 1948 Raymond 'Ben' Bass Gymnastics, 1932 John E. Biby, Jr. Yachting, 1932 Richard Bishop Gymnastics, 1932 Dallas D. Bixler Gymnastics, 1932 Clifford Bourland Track and Field, 1948 Herman Brix / Bruce Bennett Track and Field, 1924 Ernest "Nick" Carter Track and Field, 1928 William Chisholm Track and Field, 1932 Peter D. Clentzos Track and Field, 1932 Harold A. Corbin Fencing, 1932 Iris Cummings Critchell Swimming, 1936 Jack Davis Track and Field, 1952, 1956 Duris W. de Jong Fencing, 1928, 1932 Joanna de Tuscan Harding Fencing, 1936 Craig Dixon Track and Field, 1948 Hector M. Dyer Track and Field, 1932 Vicki Draves Diving, 1948 Philip R. Erenberg Gymnastics, 1932 Michael Fekete Track and Field, 1924 Frank C. Graham Water Polo, 1932, 1936 Kenneth Griffin Gymnastics, 1936 Reginald Harrison Water Polo, 1928 Maybelle Reichardt Hopkins Track and Field, 1928 Lemuel Clarence Houser Track and Field, 1924, 1928 Sim Iness Track and Field, 1952 Morton Kaer Track and Field, 1924 Simone Schaller Kirin Track and Field, 1932, 1936 Sammy Lee Diving 1948, 1952 Frank J. Lubin Basketball, 1936 James E. LuValle Track and Field, 1936 Alfred Maasik Track and Field, 1932 Malcolm W. Metcalf Track and Field, 1932, 1936 Charles H. McCallister Water Polo, 1932, 1936 Pat McCormick Diving, 1952, 1956 Maxine Mitchell Fencing, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1968 Arthur O. Mollner Basketball, 1936 Doris O'Mara Murphy Swimming, 1924, 1928 Clarita Hunsberger Neher Diving, 1924, 1928 Jean Shiley Newhouse Track and Field, 1928, 1932 Jane Fauntz Manske Swimming-Diving, 1928, 1932 Richard Fulton Moore Yachting, 1932 William Neufeld Track and Field, 1924 Anne Vrana O'Brien Track and Field, 1928, 1936 Evelyn Furtsch Ojeda Track and Field, 1932 Mel Patton Track and Field, 1948 Velma Dunn Ploessel Diving, 1936 Paula Jean Myers Pope Diving, 1952 Aileen Riggin Swimming-Diving, 1920, 1924 Joseph Salas Boxing, 1924 Thelma Payne Sanborn Diving, 1920 Walker Smith Track and Field, 1920 F. Calvert Strong Water Polo, 1932 Eddie Testa Cycling 1932 Herbert H. Wildman Water Polo 1932, 1936 Archie F. Williams Track and Field, 1936 Louis Zamperini Track and Field, 1936

The First Modern Olympics: Athens, 1896

The birth of the modern Olympic Games

Marathon runners, Greece 1896

"I hereby proclaim the opening of the first International Olympic Games at Athens." With these words on April 6, 1896, King George I of Greece welcomed the crowd that had gathered in the newly reconstructed Panathenean Stadium to the modern-day Olympic Summer Games.

The event was the idea of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France who traveled the world to gather support for his dream to have nations come together and overcome national disputes, all in the name of sport.

If not for the generous private donations of Greek businessmen like George Averoff, these first Olympics might have been moved to Budapest, Hungary. Averoff generously offered to pay for the reconstruction of Athens' Panathenean Stadium which had been built in 330 B.C.E. This left the Greek government with enough money to build a venue for the shooting competition and a pier for the swimming events.

The program for the Games included track and field, fencing, weightlifting, rifle and pistol shooting, tennis, cycling, swimming, gymnastics, and wrestling. Although 14 nations participated, most of the athletes were Greek.

The Games reached their high point on Day 11 with the first modern-day marathon. The idea to hold an event to commemorate the Ancient Olympic games was suggested by a friend of de Coubertin and was met with great anticipation. The race was run from Marathon to Athens (estimated at 22–26 miles), watched by more than 100,000 people and won by a Greek runner, Spiridon Louis.

From the moment Louis entered the stadium for the final leg of the race the home crowd roared with pride. The thrill and excitement reverberated through to the Games' finale-the ceremonial march of nations.

De Coubertin was pleased with the first games and stressed to organizers the importance of moving the Games all around the world. This was disappointing to Athens, which wanted to be a permanent host, but set into motion the international festival we know today as the Olympic Summer Games.

by John Gettings