Sprinter Komalam dropped, women's relay team crippled days before SEA Games
A member of the record-breaking women's 4x100m team has been dropped. (Picture from NST Online) Sprinter S. Komalam Shally (second from left) was dropped from the record-breaking women's 4x100m relay team just days before the start of the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games. Komalam was dropped last Friday apparently over her "bad behaviour". "She was accused of belittling the younger sprinters but Komalam claims she was merely trying to motivate them," said an insider. The matter was brought to the Olympic Council of Malaysia's board yesterday and it was decided that an inquiry be conducted over her dismissal. A committee, overseeing the inquiry, will meet Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) officials and coaches today before possibly meeting the athletes tomorrow. Many are baffled to why the drastic decision was made just days before the Games. If true Komalam had "disciplinary issues", the matter should have been handled earlier or at le...