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        "msgid": "pertina-prepares-boxers-for-olympics-qualification-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-09-17 00:00:00",
        "title": "Pertina prepares boxers for Olympics qualification",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Pertina prepares boxers for Olympics qualification JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina) is preparing four boxers to compete in the Asian Championships, which will also serve as the first Olympic qualifying round, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from Oct. 23 to Oct. 31.",
        "content": "<p>Pertina prepares boxers for Olympics qualification<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association<br>\n(Pertina) is preparing four boxers to compete in the Asian<br>\nChampionships, which will also serve as the first Olympic<br>\nqualifying round, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from Oct. 23 to Oct.<br>\n31.<\/p>\n<p>Pertina secretary-general Didiet Soedijoto said on Thursday<br>\nthat the four boxers -- light flyweight La Paene Masara,<br>\nflyweight Hermansen Ballo, light welterweight Willem Papilaya and<br>\nwelterweight Bara Gomies -- still needed to undergo a physical<br>\ntest at the National Sports Council (KONI) Sports Science<br>\nCommission (KIO).<\/p>\n<p>\"We will decide if they are really ready to compete in the<br>\nOlympic qualification by staging physical tests and judging their<br>\nperformance based on their coach's evaluation,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Didiet said Pertina was also preparing more boxers to compete<br>\nin the second qualification in Seoul from Jan. 25 to Feb 1 and<br>\nthe third in Bangkok from June 1 to June 7.<\/p>\n<p>Pertina is aiming to grab more Olympic berths. In the 1996<br>\nOlympics, Indonesia earned five tickets from Nemo Bahari, La<br>\nPaene, Ballo, Hendrik Simangunsong and Pino Bahari, although Pino<br>\nfailed to compete.<\/p>\n<p>\"We also hope to win a medal in the Olympics,\" Didiet said.<\/p>\n<p>Pertina is still searching for a Cuban coach to groom boxers,<br>\nand will hopefully start training in November. In 1996, its<br>\nboxers were trained by Cuban coach Isidiro Trotman.<\/p>\n<p>\"Cuba is known as a boxing country. In 1996, 17 countries<br>\ngroomed their boxers in Cuba prior to the Olympics. We can only<br>\nprovide a US$1,500 monthly salary for the coach,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Didiet said Pertina must send all boxers qualified for the<br>\nOlympics for an overseas stint, either in Cuba or Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<p>\"They need regular competition and good sparring partners,<br>\nwhich can only be found in those two countries.\"<\/p>\n<p>Pertina has budgeted more than Rp 1 billion (US$125,000) to<br>\nprepare its athletes for the Olympics. (yan)<\/p>",
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