RI bridge pair finish sixth in The Hague<\/p>\n
Mustofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Winter Olympics hopefuls Denny Sacul and Franky Karwur finished
\nin sixth place at the just-concluded 16th Cap Gemini bridge
\ntournament in The Hague, the Netherlands, but they will still be
\ngoing back automatically to next year's event.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian pair booked an overall 793 points. Norway
\ndominated the four-day competition with Geir Helgemo\/Tor Helness
\nand Boye Brogeland\/Erik Saelensminde taking the top place with
\n888 points and second place with 821 points respectively.<\/p>\n
Denny and Franky, one of the Indonesian pairs in the 2001
\nBermuda Bowl in Paris, could have ended up better. They stayed in
\nthird going into Sunday's matches, in which they got mixed
\nresults.<\/p>\n
The Indonesians drew with Sabine Auken\/Daniela von Arnim of
\nGermany 50-50 in the 13th game, lost to Andrei Gromov\/Alezandre
\nPetrounine of Russia 39-61, and beat Agustin Madala\/Pablo Ravenna
\nof Argentina 61-39.<\/p>\n
The annual tournament, which is called the Wimbledon of
\nBridge, featured 16 world top pairs. The six top placings from
\nthe previous year are traditionally awarded automatic berths in
\nthe next tournament.<\/p>\n
Denny and Franky came to the 2002 event having taken fourth
\nplace in 2001.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's best performance in the tournament was in 1996
\nwhen Eddy Manoppo and Henky Lasut returned home as runner-ups.<\/p>\n
The fact that Denny and Franky narrowly escaped relegation
\nfrom the automatic participants' list should relieve them and
\nwill now make them more confident about the 2002 Winter Games in
\nSalt Lake City.<\/p>\n
\"Denny and Franky could have ended up better than the final
\nstandings showed. Even though, this proved to be a good warm-up
\nfor Denny and Franky ahead of Salt Lake,\" Bert Toar Polii, the
\nsecretary-general of the Indonesian Contract Bridge Association
\n(Gabsi), told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
\"Being automatic qualifiers for the tournament spared them
\ntravel fares and accommodation costs. And they are coming back
\nnext year,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Bert said that the two players were joining their seniors Eddy
\nManoppo and Henky Lasut in Albuquerque, Texas, where the
\nIndonesian team would warm up in a local tournament as part of
\ntheir preparations before going on to Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n
Ten countries from five continents are on the contending list
\nfor the unprecedented bridge exhibition, which is scheduled for
\nFeb. 2 through Feb. 6 during the 2002 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n
The ten are Australia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, India,
\nIndonesia, Italy, Norway, Poland and host the United States.<\/p>",
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