Lajev for Asian track and field meet<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Abdul Lajev of Tajikistan, the men's hammer
\nthrow world champion, will take part in the 11th Asian Track and
\nField Championships from Sept. 20 to Sept. 24.<\/p>\n
\"He told me personally at the Thailand Open that he will come
\nfor the Asian meet,\" Gurmilang Kartasasmita of the Indonesian
\nTrack and Field Association said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Gurmilang was in Bangkok during the April 20 to April 22
\nThailand Open Track and Field International Championships, where
\nhe met Lajev.<\/p>\n
At the Bangkok meet, Indonesia managed to earn only a bronze
\nmedal, which was won by Rabaya in the women's long jump. She
\nmanaged to grab the medal after jumping 5.64m. The gold and
\nsilver medals were both won by host country athletes, who jumped
\n5.93m and 5.79m respectively.<\/p>\n
All of the 45 Asian Amateur Athletics Association member
\ncountries are expected to take part in the Jakarta meet.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Track and Field Association has been grooming
\n20 athletes for both the Asian track and field meet and the Dec.
\n9 to Dec. 17 Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.<\/p>\n
The association also has plans to send them to China in June
\nand July for some local tryouts. Before their trip to China, the
\nathletes will be fielded at the Indonesian Open, which also
\nserves as the National Track and Field Championships, from June 1
\nto June 3.<\/p>\n
In preparation for the Asian meet, the association has been
\nrenovating the Senayan track and field stadium since the middle
\nof this month. The Rp 2.4 billion (US$1,090,909) renovation,
\nwhich is expected to be completed by the end of July, is designed
\nto make the Senayan stadium into a fully Olympic stadium in
\naccordance with the International Amateur Athletics Federation
\nstandards.<\/p>\n
The facelift of the track and field stadium includes the
\nintroduction of a transportable hammer throw protection cage,
\nmade of elastic nylon, instead of the fixed iron cage, which is
\nrusty and, as Gurmilang put it, \"could be easily broken by
\nLajev's putting\".<\/p>\n
The track will be replaced with a kind of synthetic material
\ncalled balsam, which is also used in Sydney's track and field
\nstadium.<\/p>\n
Registration by number for the Sept. 20-Sept. 24 Asian
\nchampionships must be received by the organizing committee no
\nlater than July 20. The deadline for registration by name is
\nSept. 6. (arf)<\/p>",
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