RI to partake in three events in Asiad<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The national sports governing body (KONI)
\nofficially confirmed yesterday that Indonesia will partake in
\nbadminton, windsurfing and taekwondo in the Asian Games in
\nHiroshima next October.<\/p>\n
The decision was reached after KONI's officials met with the
\nmanagers of those sports' organizations.<\/p>\n
A final announcement regarding Indonesia's participation in
\nAsia's biggest sport extravaganza will take place on Aug. 25
\nwhile the names of the athletes will be disclosed on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n
\"We are quite confident that we can take some medals in these
\nthree events,\" Soeweno, a KONI official, said while adding that
\nhe declined to give any concrete projections.<\/p>\n
\"What is important is that we will only approve those who are
\nlikely to win some medals,\" added Arnold Lisafaly, chair of the
\nnational training center.<\/p>\n
In the last Asiad in Beijing in 1990, Indonesia came sixth
\nwith three golds, six silvers and 21 bronzes.<\/p>\n
For the upcoming Hiroshima event, KONI had tentatively planned
\nto send 150 athletes in 15 different sports.<\/p>\n
Although Indonesia currently reigns as king of the world
\nbadminton scene, a representative from the Indonesian Association
\nof Badminton (PBSI) declined to project how many golds Indonesia
\nwill snatch in the Asiad.<\/p>\n
\"It's too early to say,\" said Iwan Setiawan.<\/p>\n
He also said that PBSI will send an Asiad team made out of 16
\nshuttlers consisting of eight players in each gender group.<\/p>\n
\"I can't tell you their names because we are still selecting
\nthem,\" Iwan said.<\/p>\n
Windsurfing<\/p>\n
KONI was also prepared to disclose the information regarding
\nthe three-person Indonesian windsurfing Asiad team yesterday.<\/p>\n
The team is made up of Oka Sulaksana and Abdul Malik Faisal
\nfor the men's events and Monica Sutanto for women's<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Soegianto, an executive of The Association of
\nIndonesian Sailing Sports (Porlasi), told reporters that he
\nprojects Indonesia can gain one gold, one silver and one bronze
\nfrom windsurfing.<\/p>\n
On a separate occasion, Hanafi Saud, an official of the
\nTaekwondo Association of Indonesia, confirmed yesterday that a
\nfour-men team will take part in the Asiad.<\/p>\n
The team is made up of Lugriandi, Dick Richards, Alfons and
\nAndri Hakim. All of them are currently being trained in South
\nKorea.<\/p>\n
During the same occasion, however, KONI also declined to
\nconfirm the fate of the 10 women shooting team.<\/p>\n
\"They will have to wait until the final announcement,\" said
\nSoeweno.<\/p>\n
An official from the Shooting Association of Indonesian
\n(Perbakin), Harianto Soeprapto, declined to elaborate on the
\nexact status of the team.<\/p>\n
\"We still have to do plenty of reviewing and training,\" he
\nsaid. (hdj)<\/p>",
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