Saturday, April 03, 2004

NSI looking for new means to improve performance of athletes

The National Sports Institute (NSI) is finding new hi-tech training methods through the application of sports medicine and science to enhance the performance of athletes to compete against international athletes.

"Being part of the National Sports Council (NSC), it is our obligation to help athletes achieve a high level of performance through the application of science in training and treatment," said NSI Director Dr Ramlan Abdul Aziz after attending the 3rd NSI Sports Medicine Conference, officially opened by Gen (rtd) Tan Sri Zain Hashim.

The Olympic Council of Malaysia vice president Datuk Dr M. Jegathesan and NSC Director Datuk Wira Mazlan Ahmad were among those who attended the conference.

Dr Ramlan said the four-day conference was held to find new methods to improve the performances of athletes and to assess new discoveries in the field of science and medicine to be applied in the enhancement of athletes.

Lecturers from the United States, Australia and New Zealand together with 22 local sports science lecturers will present papers in the conference.

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