Karatekas Oemar, Jenny set for World Games<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Karatekas Oemar Syarif and Jenny Zeannet will take part in the
\nWorld Games in Duisburg, Germany, in July thanks to the golds
\nthey won at the Asian Karate Federation (AKF) championship last
\nyear.<\/p>\n
The head of foreign affairs for the Indonesian Karate-do
\nFederation (Forki), G.A. Pesik, said on Tuesday that Forki
\nreceived an invitation from the Games' organizing committee to
\nsend the two.<\/p>\n
"We actually have three champions from last year's AKF, namely
\nOemar, Jenny and Telly Melinda. But Telly has not been invited to
\nthe World Games as her 48 kilogram weight class is not featured
\nthere," Pesik said.<\/p>\n
Oemar will compete in the above 80 kilogram class, while Jenny
\nis entered in the under 53 kilogram class.<\/p>\n
Pesik did not want to set targets. "We just expect both
\nathletes to do their best in the World Games," he said.<\/p>\n
The seventh World Games, to be held from July 14-24, will
\nfeature 40 sports, with 3,500 athletes from 100 nations expected
\nto take part.<\/p>\n
The World Games, under the patronage of the International
\nOlympic Federation, is a multisport event created in 1980 by 12
\ninternational sports federations for sports that are not included
\nin the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
Its aims include creating more exposure in the media and
\nincreased interest from spectators, which would assist the
\nfederations in developing their sports.<\/p>\n
The 12 international sports federations that initiated the
\nGames were the International Badminton Federation (IBF), the
\nInternational Baseball Federation (AINBA), the International
\nFederation of BodyBuilders (IFBB), the International Bowling
\nFederation (FIQ), the International Casting Federation (ICF), the
\nInternational Softball Federation (ISF), World Union of Karate-do
\nOrganization (WUKO), the International Powerlifting Federation
\n(IPF), the International Roller Skating Federation (FIRS), the
\nWorld Tae kwon do Federation (WTF), Tug of War International
\nFederation (TWIF) and World Water Ski Union (WWSU).<\/p>\n
Badminton, baseball, softball and tae kwon do are no longer
\nincluded in the Games as they are now -- provisionally or
\notherwise -- part of the program of the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
World Games have been held in Santa Clara, U.S. (1981), London
\n(1985), Karlsruhe, Germany (1989), The Hague, Netherlands (1993),
\nLahti, Finland (1997) and Akita, Japan (2001).<\/p>",
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