KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The Malaysian Gymnastics Federation (MGF) plans to appoint former national rhythmic gymnasts Koi Sie Yan and Izzah Amzan as assistant coaches for the national team next year.
MGF vice-president Petrina Low said former Commonwealth Games medallists Izzah and Koi would be hired part-time as they are still studying in institutions of higher learning.
“We are still in discussions, and both of them are keen to join MGF.
“We are offering them the job based on their experience as national gymnasts,” she said to Bernama after a Sports Working Committee meeting with the National Sports Council in Bukit Jalil today.
Low added that Izzah and Sie Yan would fill the vacancies left by foreign coaches, Svetlana Mekantsishvili from Georgia and Lidia Legotina from Russia, whose contracts had expired.
MGF will hire a new coach from Russia next year to strengthen the coaching lineup.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Koi won three silvers in the team event together with Izzah and Amy Kwan Dict Weng, as well as individual ball and clubs, and bronze in individual ribbon.
Izzah also won bronze in individual clubs in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.
— Bernama
