PRSI hopes for two diving golds at SEAG<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Swimming Federation (PRSI) hopes
\nto take two golds from the diving events at the Kuala Lumpur
\nSoutheast Asian (SEA) Games in September by sending their
\nathletes on a one-month overseas stint to China.<\/p>\n
\"I can assure you of at least two golds from diving after the
\ntraining session in China,\" said coach Harly Ramayani firmly on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
The PRSI plans to send six divers -- Husaini Nur, Jimmy and M.
\nNasrullah in the men's side and Eka Purnama, Nani Suryani and
\nShenny Ratna Amelia in the women's side -- for the stint abroad.<\/p>\n
Harly said all divers except Shenny are being prepared for the
\nnewly introduced synchronized diving and individual events.<\/p>\n
\"We need to include Shenny in the training session because she
\ndoes not have any real challenge here. Her jump difficulty level
\nis already too high for her teammates,\" she said. \"In general,
\nthe six divers are our best.\"<\/p>\n
The divers will compete in the Asian Championships in Tienjin
\non May 28 and May 29 and the Grand Prix Final in Xi'an from June
\n1 to June 3.<\/p>\n
\"The divers need special training in the newly introduced
\nsynchronized diving which uses twin towers. We don't have such a
\nfacility here as yet,\" PRSI secretary-general Abdurrahim said.<\/p>\n
\"As for our individual divers, the training available here is
\nenough to allow them to achieve their best results.\"<\/p>\n
The squad met with National Sports Council (KONI) chairman
\nWismoyo Arismunandar prior to their departure to China on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Abdurrahim availed of the occasion to request that KONI assist
\nthe divers financially to the tune of US$20,000.<\/p>\n
\"The PRSI hopes that the National Sports Council (KONI) can
\nhelp us financially as the training program is very important so
\nthat we can achieve good results in Kuala Lumpur,\" Abdurrahim
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The PRSI is expecting to take six golds from swimming and two
\ngolds from diving out of a total of 43 gold medals at stake in
\nthe biennial event from Sept. 8 to Sept. 17.<\/p>\n
Abdurrahim also reported that the PRSI would send 10 junior
\nswimmers to the Southeast Asian age-group swimming championships
\nin Kuala Lumpur in July.<\/p>\n
\"The 10 swimmers are those who managed to qualify for time
\nlimit A which we set during the age-group national championships
\nrecently. The limit is set to determine the SEA Games team.\"<\/p>\n
\"There are also several swimmers who broke time limit B who
\nalso want to participate in the championships at their own
\nexpense.\"<\/p>\n
Wismoyo asked the PRSI to work hard in securing as many gold
\nmedals as possible from the aquatic events.<\/p>\n
\"There are 43 events which are dominated by Malaysia and
\nThailand. The events are very strategic especially if we can
\nsnatch more golds from both of these reigning countries,\" he
\nsaid. (nvn)<\/p>",
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