Dr. M urges athletes to train harder

Dr. M urges athletes to train harder

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who took Malaysia's medal-less Olympic team to task last year, on Tuesday exhorted national athletes to train harder.

"I hope athletes will be more serious in undergoing training so that they can bring back more gold, silver and bronze medals to enhance Malaysia's name in the sports arena," the prime minister said.

"Spend more time to train, train and train until you succeed on the world stage," Bernama news agency quoted him as saying.