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Rosman's world and Olympic missions with Pearly-Thinaah

KUALA LUMPUR: It's inevitable that newly appointed national women's doubles head coach Rosman Razak will ultimately be measured by Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah's results.

Which means they need to win a medal at the World Championships or Olympics.

That, to Rashid Sidek, is a huge responsibility for Rosman.

Rashid said Rosman's post in BAM means he has to be even more focused than the players themselves, and results are all that matter.

Rashid, who has been a brotherly figure to Rosman since they went into coaching in the early 2000s, said his friend faces great expectations.

"Rosman's current job is daunting as he must be prepared to help Pearly-Thinaah realise their dream of winning gold at the Olympics and World Championships.

"Pearly-Thinaah are already world beaters and capable of upstaging the world's top five pairs.

"Their focus is on winning the big tournaments on the world tour and also start getting medals in major events.

"While Rosman has until the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 to push for gold, he should concentrate on helping them win medals in the World Championships next year and the 2026 Asian Games in Japan.

"Pearly-Thinaah have won tour titles, but they don't have a major medal to their name yet.

"It's a huge responsibility to turn Pearly-Thinaah into a great pair, but this is also a chance for Rosman to create his own legacy and to prove to BAM that it made the right choice to re-hire him as a coach."

Rosman has returned to BAM for the third time. He served as a coach in all the departments between 2002 and 2014 before joining a professional setup - Sports Affairs - in 2015.

He returned for the second time to BAM as its women's doubles coach in 2017 and guided Vivian Hoo-Chow Mei Kuan to the 2018 Commonwealth Games gold.

After his contract was not renewed, Rosman became the head coach of the Philippines national team before training independent men's pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi from last year.

However, the opportunity to guide Pearly-Thinaah and rebuild the national women's doubles squad were hard for Rosman to resist, and he accepted the BAM contract, which runs until 2028.

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