No gold, I go, says NSI head Khairi

Assertive: NSI chief executive Dr Mohd Khairi Zawi (right) and Podium Programme director Tim Newenham briefing the press on the new criteria for selection of athletes at the Commonwealth Hall in Bukit Jaili yesterday. — Bernama

BUKIT JALIL: Dr Mohd Khairi Zawi has promised to resign as the National Sports Institute (NSI) chief executive officer if athletes under the Podium Programme fail to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

“If we miss the gold medal in Tokyo, to me, it only goes to show the lack of my leadership. I will take responsibility (for it),” said the 53-year-old Khairi.