Rain a threat to parachuting meet<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Unexpected rains could disrupt the Sixth World
\nParachuting Championships at Lake Lido in Bogor, West Java, but
\norganizers believe the show will go on as planned from June 14 to
\nJune 24.<\/p>\n
Ahmed Solihin, the championships' program coordinator, told
\nThe Jakarta Post yesterday that the organizers had consulted the
\nMeteorology and Geophysics Agency about the weather forecast.<\/p>\n
\"It's strange that it has been raining lately. The forecast
\nsaid that the wet season would end in April,\" Ahmed said.<\/p>\n
Rains have been drenching Bogor, known as the \"rain city\", and
\nhave continued every afternoon since the participants began
\narriving last Monday. Lido lies 70 kilometers south of the
\ncapital at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level.<\/p>\n
Ahmed said that the organizing committee has considered moving
\nup the agenda to early in the morning as one way of getting
\naround the weather problem. \"We are going to start the
\ncompetition at 7:00 and finish it, hopefully, between 1 p.m. and
\n2 p.m.,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Ahmed added that if bad weather persists, the organizers will
\ncancel the rest of the day scheduled for June 22 to give
\nparachutists time to complete their programs.<\/p>\n
The organizing committee has reserved the one-day break for
\nall participants to refresh themselves by visiting Safari Park in
\nCisarua, which lies near the competition site.<\/p>\n
More than 80 of an estimated 190 jumpers from 20 countries
\nhave arrived in Lido and rehearsed for the championships. The
\norganizers plan to hold an official rehearsal for all
\nparticipants tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Host Indonesia will field two teams in the biennial event,
\nwhich specializes in canopy formations. The first team, comprised
\nof skydivers from the Army's Special Force, will compete in the
\nfour-way canopy formation competition.<\/p>\n
The other team, made up of members of the Aves Club from
\nBandung, West Java, will compete in the four-way sequential and
\neight-way speed formation events.<\/p>\n
The minister of youth affairs and sports is scheduled to open
\nthe 10-day championships on Friday. (yan)<\/p>",
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