Desi breaks national pole vault record by 20cm<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): One national record was broken on the third day
\nof the national track and field championships on Sunday as Ni
\nPutu Desi Margawati of West Nusa Tenggara jumped 3.50 meters in
\nthe women's pole vault event.<\/p>\n
Desi broke the old record of 3.30m created by Alia Basalamah
\nof Jakarta in July. Alia sharpened her own record by jumping
\n3.40m for the second place while the bronze went to citymate
\nEmrina with 2.50m.<\/p>\n
Desi stopped at 3.50m although she had the chance to try for
\n3.55m.<\/p>\n
"I'm really surprised with the result. I encouraged myself to
\njump higher. I wanted to surpass the record of 3.40m made by
\nMalaysian Roslinda Syamsu which was created at the 1999 Asia
\njunior championships in Singapore," said the 18-year-old student
\nof the Rawamangun School of Economy, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Alia said she had reduced her training sessions due to her
\nstudies at the School of Medicine at the state-run Yarsi
\nUniversity, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
"I'm busy with my studies. I want my studies and my sporting
\nachievements go along together," she said.<\/p>\n
Alia only trains seven times a week while Desi trains 11 times
\nweekly.<\/p>\n
"I have no difficulties in dividing my study time with
\npractice," Desi said.<\/p>\n
Irian Jaya, whose athletes bear the morning star on their
\ncostumes symbolizing independence, tops the standings with seven
\ngold, five silver and seven bronze medals. East Java trails in
\nsecond place with six gold, five silver and five bronze medals.
\nCentral Java is third with three gold, seven silver and four
\nbronze.<\/p>\n
"We have agreed with our coach to bear the morning star sign
\non our costumes. It helps boost our motivation," said Onesimus
\nWindesi of Irian Jaya, who contributed a gold in the men's 400m
\ndash. He refused to link the sign to any political issue.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Amateur Athletic Association (PASI) deputy
\nsecretary general, Tigor Tanjung, said Indonesia's men's 4x100m
\nrelay team had qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.<\/p>\n
Tigor said the decision was made in an International Amateur
\nAthletics Federation (IAAF) meeting recently. During the meeting,
\nIAAF officials set a time limit of 40.00 seconds for the
\nquadrennial event.<\/p>\n
"Indonesia's quartet won the silver medal in the 1999
\nSoutheast Asian (SEA) Games in Brunei Darussalam in August by
\nclocking 39.95 seconds," said Tigor. The gold went to Thailand
\nwhich set a new SEA Games record of 39.11.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian men's relay team consists of John Murray, Yanes
\nRaubaba, Subakir and Machmud Hamzah. All the team members
\ncompeted in the 100m dash in the championships, which also serve
\nas the prequalifying round for the 2000 National Games (PON).<\/p>\n
Yanes' personal best of 10.40 seconds in the 100m dash also
\nmatches the time limit for the Olympics. However, it is still
\nunclear if he qualifies for the event.<\/p>\n
The Irianese said he would try his best to sharpen his record
\nin the Asian track and field championships scheduled to be held
\nhere in August next year. (ivy)<\/p>",
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