Athletes leave apartment for modest lodgings<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A financial shortfall has forced the Indonesian
\nAmateur Athletics Association to remove 23 athletes and five
\ncoaches from their apartments in the Senayan sports complex.<\/p>\n
The association's secretary-general, B. Chaidir, told
\nreporters yesterday that athletes and coaches were now staying in
\na modest dormitory in the nearby Madya Senayan Stadium.<\/p>\n
\"The economic crisis has forced us to set a strict budget. It
\nis impossible for us to cut the budget for athletes' food
\nexpenses and stadium maintenance so we have opted to reduce
\nexpenditure in other areas, including housing,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Chaidir said the association used to pay US$9,600 a month for
\nsix units in the Fairbanks Apartment complex.<\/p>\n
It also used to spend about Rp 40 million (US$2837) each month
\non electricity, telephone and water bills. Monthly allowances for
\nthe athletes cost Rp 15 million and it pays each of its three
\nlocal coaches Rp 2.3 million per month and its two Ukranian
\ntrainers $2,250 per month.<\/p>\n
In addition to the above, the association spends Rp 23.6
\nmillion every month on food for its athletes.<\/p>\n
Chaidir said the association would not extend the contracts of
\nits two foreign coaches if their charges failed to make any
\nprogress in the near future. Both coaches contracts are due to
\ncome up for renewal in December.<\/p>\n
Women's middle-distance walker Tersiana and male and female
\npole vaulters Nunung Jayadi and Hendarsin are among the athletes
\ncoached by the two.<\/p>\n
Also yesterday Chaidir called on the National Sports Council
\nto consider picking women's long-distance runner Ruwiyati for the
\n13th Asian Games in Bangkok in December.<\/p>\n
Chaidir said the 20-year-old runner, currently undergoing
\nmedical treatment for a back injury, had a great chance of a
\nmedal in the Asiad marathon after her success in the Sheares
\nBridge and Army Half Marathon in Singapore early this month.<\/p>\n
The women's marathon will be the first gold medal awarded in
\nthe Games.<\/p>\n
Ruwiyati set her personal best of 2:34.29 in winning the 18th
\nSEA Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, three years ago. The Asian
\nrecord of 2:24.07 set by Wang Junxia of China in 1993 remains
\nintact. (yan)<\/p>",
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