Cyclist Haleema leaves for up-to-date training in South Korea

National junior cycling champion, Haleema Ghayoor left today (Sunday) for South Korea on a 40-day rigorous training and coaching under the aegis of Pakistan Cycling Federation. Director General (DG) Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Junaid Khan was the chief guest who formally seen off promising cyclist Haleema for a very important training and coaching in order to provide her modern day training under well qualified coach.
"It is very important to have international coaching and training for a player like Haleema who earned gold medal for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the track cycling," Director General Junaid Khan said while handing over a complete kit to Haleema during her visit to his office. He said Directorate of Sports KP would also support Haleema both morally and financially as policy of the provincial govt.
He said, the Directorate of Sports would also help all those talented players who on one way or the other could not afford to get international exposure because of lack of financial support. Now the Directorate, he said, would extend all out to the talented male and female players.
With such a modern day training under qualified coach would further boost up the moral of Haleema as far as competing in the international competitions are concerned, Junaid Khan added. He also lauded the efforts being put in by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cycling Association and Pakistan Cycling Federation for sending both Haleema and national coach Misba Mushtaq Ali for Level-I coaching.
Nisar Ahmad said that before Haleema, they have also sent talented cyclists to China, Malaysia and Korea so that they could learn better about modern day training and coaching. He said Haleema is very talented and upcoming player and purely selected while looking after her performance at national junior level.
Later, the DG Sports KP Junaid Khan and Nisar Ahmad along with Director Games Niamat Ullah Marwat formally seen off Haleema to Lahore to proceed to South Korea for a 40-day training and coaching imparted to her on scientific way.