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        "id": 1071062,
        "msgid": "kayaking-event-draws-28-intl-athletes-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-11-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Kayaking event draws 28 int'l athletes",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Kayaking event draws 28 int'l athletes MEDAN, North Sumatra: The organizer of the 2001 Asahan Whitewater Festival (AWF) was pleasantly surprised that the number of competitors pledging to participate reached some 200 including 28 international athletes. \"We did not expect the number of participants to get to that number considering the current global and domestic situation.",
        "content": "<p>Kayaking event draws 28 int'l athletes<\/p>\n<p>MEDAN, North Sumatra: The organizer of the 2001 Asahan<br>\nWhitewater Festival (AWF) was pleasantly surprised that the<br>\nnumber of competitors pledging to participate reached some 200<br>\nincluding 28 international athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\"We did not expect the number of participants to get to that<br>\nnumber considering the current global and domestic situation. It<br>\nturned out that England's best kayakers Allan Allard and Jonny<br>\nPearson have decided to participate,\" organizer Yahdi Khoir said<br>\non Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\"Other participants come from countries such as Malaysia, New<br>\nZealand, Norway, Russia and South Africa,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>The second AWF starts on Thursday and will end on Monday.<br>\nAthletes will be competing for US$25,000 in prize money in<br>\nkayaking and Rp 30 million ($2,700) for rafting events. The<br>\ninaugural Asahan festival was held last November.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Asahan Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Bambang Waskito<br>\nsaid he would deploy 160 security personnel at the venue<br>\nincluding 20 officers to safeguard the international competitors.<br>\n-- JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kayaking-event-draws-28-intl-athletes-1447893297",
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