It’s time to get ready for Tokyo


Cycling ace: Azizulhasni Awang celebrating after winning the bronze in the keirin event at the Rio Olympics.

NOW that the collective outburst of emotions from our national contingent’s best ever Olympic campaign has subsided, it is time to take a cold, hard look at the lessons from Rio and what we need to do to plan for Tokyo 2020.

As the chief custodian of Malaysian sports, I need to look at our performance dispassionately and examine what went right, what went wrong and how we maximise the former in four years.

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Opinion , Khairy Jamaluddin

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