PRSI tries to self-finance SEA Games training program<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Swimming Federation (PRSI) will
\ntry to self-finance the centralized training program prior to the
\nSoutheast Asian (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur in September.<\/p>\n
"PRSI will try to self-finance the centralized training
\nprogram in Jakarta from January to May but we are still expecting
\nan additional budget from the National Sports Council (KONI),"
\nPRSI deputy secretary general Dadeng Kurnia said, as quoted by
\nAntara, on Friday.<\/p>\n
PRSI is grooming 92 athletes to join the selection for the
\nGames. The athletes comprise of 16 male and 16 female swimmers,
\n12 divers including competitors in a newly adopted event,
\nsynchronized diving, 12 synchronized swimmers and 36 water polo
\nplayers.<\/p>\n
"For water polo, the centralized training will start on Jan.
\n29 in Jakarta while the diving training began last December,"
\nDadeng said.<\/p>\n
He also said that the PRSI has yet to decide on the Games
\ntarget adding that the body would be able to estimate the medal
\ntarget after the centralized training program progresses for some
\ntime.<\/p>\n
Indonesia will face tough challenge from host country
\nMalaysia, Singapore and Thailand at the event.<\/p>\n
In the 1999 SEA Games, Indonesia only took six of 32 golds at
\nstake from the pool.<\/p>\n
In Semarang, the Indonesian Amateur Athletics Association
\n(PASI) Central Java branch expects five of its 13 athletes to
\njoin the national squad.<\/p>\n
"We hope five out of 13 athletes can team up in the national
\nsquad for the SEA Games. They are women's marathon runner
\nRuwiyati, middle distance runners Hanny Melon and Darminah, long
\ndistance runner Erni Wulatningsih and sprinter Yatin Saputra,"
\nsaid the branch's coaching commission member, Alwi Mugiyanto, on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
"But I expect Ruwiyati to win her third consecutive gold as
\nshe is currently in her best state of physical fitness."<\/p>\n
Ruwiyati won gold medals in the 1995 and 1997 Games. In 1999,
\nhost country Brunei Darussalam did not feature the marathon
\nevent.<\/p>\n
The athletes are undergoing intensive training in Salatiga,
\nabout 60kms south of here.<\/p>\n
Alwi named Malaysian Yu Fang and Singaporean Ivon Dansen as
\nRuwiyati's toughest rivals.<\/p>\n
In Surakarta, Central Java, I Made Sudiatnyana and Hardono
\nPutro in the men's side and Linda Wijaya and Triyani Dewi
\nSetyowati in the women's side will join the Games basketball
\ntraining program in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The men's team will be coached by Tjetjep Firmansyah of Aspac
\nteam while the women's team will be trained by Welyanto Pribadi
\nof Wismilak CLS of Surabaya. The training program will start on
\nJan. 14. (har\/yan)<\/p>",
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