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        "msgid": "marathoner-upset-at-missing-manila-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-10-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "Marathoner upset at missing Manila",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "summary": "Marathoner upset at missing Manila Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Marathoner I Gede Karangasem complained on Tuesday about the decision to drop him from the 2005 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games squad. \"We weren't given a chance to prove ourselves in tryouts, but they just removed us from the list, saying that we were below par in the marathon,\" said Gede, who was dropped by the Athletics Association of Indonesia (PASI) along with Noce Matital and Yahuza from the men's marathon.",
        "content": "<p>Marathoner upset at missing Manila<\/p>\n<p>Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Marathoner I Gede Karangasem complained on Tuesday about the<br>\ndecision to drop him from the 2005 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games<br>\nsquad.<\/p>\n<p>\"We weren't given a chance to prove ourselves in tryouts, but<br>\nthey just removed us from the list, saying that we were below par<br>\nin the marathon,\" said Gede, who was dropped by the Athletics<br>\nAssociation of Indonesia (PASI) along with Noce Matital and<br>\nYahuza from the men's marathon.<\/p>\n<p>\"I am disappointed with the decision.\"<\/p>\n<p>Gede, who finished fourth in the 2003 Games in Hanoi, spoke<br>\nafter a press conference announcing the local athletes who will<br>\ncompete in the Greatest Race on Earth marathon series later this<br>\nyear. He has been picked with Noce and Ferry Subnafeu, who also<br>\nattended the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Noce did not want to comment on PASI's decision.<\/p>\n<p>PASI has stated it would only send athletes with a viable<br>\nchance of winning medals in the Games. It will send Ferry, a<br>\nbronze medalist at the last Games in Hanoi who is expected to win<br>\ngold this time.<\/p>\n<p>According to coach Herry Setiono, Gede, Noce and Yahuza each<br>\nran about 2:23 last year -- only slightly slower than the 2003<br>\nwinning time of 2:21.03 of the Philippines' Allan Ballester --<br>\nand thus they should be allowed to compete.<\/p>\n<p>PASI secretary-general Tigor Tandjung confirmed the decision<br>\nto drop the three due to their slim chance of medaling, but then<br>\nseemed to contradict himself by saying they could compete in<br>\n\"higher level\" events.<\/p>\n<p>\"The SEA Games is not everything, they will be able to run at<br>\na higher level like the Greatest Race on Earth, Asian Games and<br>\nother events.\"<\/p>\n<p>He denied rumors that the athletes were being sent to the<br>\noverseas races as consolation for missing Manila.<\/p>\n<p>\"We, in cooperation with Standard Chartered, made the list of<br>\nrunners in August, while their removal from the SEA Games only<br>\nhappened in September.\"<\/p>\n<p>For the Greatest Race on Earth, Tigor said Gede would run in<br>\nNairobi on Oct. 23, Noce in Singapore on Dec. 4, Yahuza in Mumbai<br>\non Jan. 15 and Ferry in Hong Kong on Feb. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Gede ran in the Singapore race last year, finishing out of the<br>\nstandings in a time of 2:32. Ferry took second place in Hong Kong<br>\nlast year with 2:44:19.<\/p>\n<p>\"This time, the SEA Games is more important to me,\" Ferry<br>\nsaid. \"I want to hear the national anthem in the SEA Games, but I<br>\nwill also do my best in the Greatest Race on Earth.\"<\/p>",
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