KONI sets date for Olympic's training<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) announced the
\ncentralized training program for the 2000 Olympic Games would
\nbegin on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n
KONI official in charge of athlete development Mochamad
\nHindarto said on Friday each sport with athletes who had
\nqualified for the Olympics or were still competing in Olympic
\nqualifying tournaments should send their athletes to the program.<\/p>\n
"The Olympic Games are getting closer. The centralized
\ntraining program must begin at the latest on Feb. 21. If we begin
\nlater than that, we will only have a little time for making
\nadjustments in the training," he said after a KONI plenary
\nmeeting.<\/p>\n
"The athletes will be invited to join the training program by
\nthe end of December. After the Idul Fitri holiday we will start
\nthe physical and health tests," he said.<\/p>\n
Hindarto said he would discuss the training program with
\nexperts from the council's research and development department.<\/p>\n
"We will ask the experts to help us prepare the training
\nprogram for the athletes, so we can get them in peak condition
\nfor the Olympics," the retired police major general said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has qualified 13 athletes for the Olympics,
\nscheduled to be held in Sydney next September.<\/p>\n
They are women's sprinter Irene Truitje Joseph; women's archer
\nHamdiah; men's swimmers Richard Sam Bera, Wisnu Wardhana, Albert
\nC. Sutanto, Felix C. Sutanto and Akbar Nasution; women's swimmer
\nElsa Manora Nasution; women's diver Sheny Ratna Amelia; women's
\ntae kwon doin Juana Wangsa Putri; women's weightlifters Sri
\nIndriyani and Winarni; and men's windsurfer Oka Sulaksana.<\/p>\n
National shuttlers have until April 30, 2000, to qualify for
\nthe Olympics and the Badminton Association of Indonesia hopes to
\nqualify 24 shuttlers.<\/p>\n
KONI secretary-general Rudolf S. Warouw said earlier this
\nmonth the council would issue notification letters to sports
\norganizations to ensure athletes who had qualified for the
\nOlympics did not compete in the 15th National Games (PON) in
\nSurabaya, East Java, next June.<\/p>\n
Hindarto said Warouw's statement had not been discussed during
\nthe plenary session.<\/p>\n
He said he would speak with sports organizations about barring
\nOlympics-qualified athletes from taking part in PON.<\/p>\n
"The athletes would not be able to reach their peak condition
\nfor the Olympics. We only have three months from PON to the
\nOlympics. We can't do much if the athletes have peaked during
\nPON. Moreover, they could suffer an injury," he said.<\/p>\n
"But we will consult with the experts and the sports
\norganizations because each sport has its own characteristics. We
\nwill mainly focus on the benefits and disadvantages for the
\nathletes and the national contingent should they compete in PON."<\/p>\n
Hindarto said he would fly to Kuala Lumpur next February to
\nattend a Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Federation meeting which
\nwill be held to decide which sports will be featured at the 2001
\nSEA Games in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n
"I will attend the meeting which will determine the sports and
\nevents to be featured at the SEA Games. If we know the sports, it
\nwill be easier for us to prepare our athletes." (ivy)<\/p>",
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