KONI removes another 19 from training camp<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Another 19 athletes have been declared ineligible for the 2002
\nAsian Games and have been removed from the National Training
\nCenter, training director Imron Z.S. said here on Friday.<\/p>\n
The exits' list, copies of which were made available to the
\nmedia at the headquarters of the National Sports Council (KONI),
\nshows that the 19 athletes came from 11 sporting disciplines.<\/p>\n
\"After meeting with the sports' organizations almost every
\nday, we removed the 19 athletes from the training center on
\nThursday,\" Imron said.<\/p>\n
\"Based on the performance during their tryouts both at home
\nand overseas and the assessment of the expected level of
\ncompetitiveness in their respective events, they would have had
\nlittle prospect of winning medals in Busan,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Busan, a port city in southern South Korea, is the venue for
\nthe 14th Asian Games, which will run from Sept. 29 to Oct. 14.<\/p>\n
The removal was the latest move by KONI in its campaign to
\nmake the national contingent as slim and competitive as possible.<\/p>\n
The training camp, which commenced early this year, began with
\n176 games' candidates but now numbers 105. Further cuts are
\nexpected in the immediate future as four sports organizations
\nhave yet to make their final evaluation of the athletes.<\/p>\n
Beach volleyball athletes return from a tour of China on
\nSunday. Cyclists undergo their final tests next week.<\/p>\n
The archery body has earmarked between Aug. 10 and Aug. 13 to
\nperform another test, while the weightlifting association has
\ndecided to screen its athletes for the final time on Aug. 12.<\/p>\n
While having removed some of the training members, KONI is
\nlikely to bring boxer Bara Gomies and pole vaulter Ni Putu Desy
\nMargawati back on board.<\/p>\n
\"Bara can return to the training 'ship' provided that he makes
\nsignificant progress during the Cuban outing,\" Imron said.<\/p>\n
Bonyx Saweho is currently the only boxing hopeful after Bara
\nand Willem Papilaya were eliminated. But Bara has been given a
\nlast chance now that he is in Cuba.<\/p>\n
Regarding pole vaulter Desi, who bounced back from her
\nelimination in June to set a new record at the national athletics
\nchampionship, Imron said: \"Desi has shown she has remarkable
\nfighting spirit. She might already be ordered out of the training
\ncamp for the Asian Games, but she proved that she never gave up
\ntrying.<\/p>\n
\"Personally, I would say Desy deserves to win back her place,\"
\nhe said, adding that the decision would be on the hands of
\ntraining project manager Rudolf Warouw.<\/p>\n
Like boxing, the athletics team also has only one member in
\nYurita Ariyani, who specializes in hammer throw.<\/p>\n
KONI will decide the number of athletes for Busan on Aug. 15,
\nthe deadline for which the athletes list is required to be faxed
\nto the Busan Asian Games Organizing Committee.<\/p>\n
Indonesia brought home six gold medals in Bangkok in 1998 to
\nfinish in eleventh place among the 42 participating countries.<\/p>",
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