Triple jumper Hakimi perplexed by decision to let his coach go

No longer a team: Mohd Hakimi Ismail (left) had been coached by Victor Sotnikov (right) for 10 years. — AHMAD ZAMIR/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

But the National Sports Council (NSC) have done exactly the opposite by severing a fruitful 10-year partnership between national triple jumper Mohd Hakimi Ismail and his long-time coach Victor Sotnikov of Russia.