The MoU aims to provide the opportunities for knowledge sharing and expertise related to sports science and physical education with the university known as Nittaidai.
The National Sports Council (NSC) and the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nippon Sport Science University of Japan in hopes of winning the elusive Olympic gold.
The MoU aims to provide the opportunities for knowledge sharing and expertise related to sports science and physical education with the university known as Nittaidai.
NSC, in a statement today, said the university was ready to offer expertise by helping to empower the application of sport science through scientific studies, training and the latest technology led by experienced academic experts.
It will also provide opportunities for the National Sports Council (NSC) and Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) to send national athletes and coaches for attachment programs and training camps at the university, in addition to expertise for research projects in the field of sports science, coaching development and physical education curriculum.
“Japan’s premier institution of higher education has a great record in producing world-class athletes and has already produced 137 Japanese Olympic and Paralympic medalists,” it said.
At the MoU signing ceremony, NSC was represented by the director-general Datuk Ahmad Shapawi Ismail, OCM was represented by president Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria and Nippon Sports Science University was represented by board chairman Kenshiro Matsunami.
“Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh hopes the MoU inked today will see Malaysia take a step closer to making the Road to Gold at the Olympics a reality,” it added.
The Olympic Council of Malaysia works to spread the fundamental tenets and ideals of olympism throughout Malaysia, particularly in the fields of sport and education.
To do this, it encourages the development of institutions that focus on Olympic education, such as the National Olympic Academies, Olympic Museums, and other initiatives, including cultural ones, that are associated with the Olympic movement.