Runner Ruwiyati gets approval for training<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): After concerns over her health, long-distance
\nrunner Ruwiyati has been given approval to train for the 19th
\nSoutheast Asian (SEA) Games here in October.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's training director, Djoko Pramono, said yesterday
\nthat Ruwiyati \"can join in the training, but she's not 100
\npercent cured\".<\/p>\n
He said Ruwiyati, who has osteoporosis, had been training at
\nthe Lokomotif Klub in Salatiga, Central Java, and had been given
\na health clearance by the National Sports Council's Central Java
\nchapter.<\/p>\n
Djoko said Ruwiyati's condition would be discussed Saturday by
\nmedical teams from the University of Indonesia, the Indonesian
\nAmateur Athletics Association and the National Sports Council.<\/p>\n
Ruwiyati's coach, Alwi Mugiyanti, and Indonesia's athletics
\ntraining director, Tigor M. Tanjung, are expected be involved in
\nthe discussions.<\/p>\n
\"I think Ruwiyati is better undergoing medical treatment here
\nbecause Jakarta has better doctors and equipment,\" Djoko said.<\/p>\n
Ruwiyati, who won the marathon gold medal at the 1995 SEA
\nGames in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was told last year that she would
\nnot be able to join the Games training because of her health.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Djoko said the Indonesian Judo Association hoped
\nthat the number of its athletes would not be reduced.<\/p>\n
\"Right now, the association is grooming 30 athletes. It should
\nbe reduced by 16 on Aug. 1. I can't decide right now but probably
\nI can add four more,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Djoko, who observed judo training in Ciloto, West Java, on
\nTuesday, urged coaches to put the finishing touches on their
\nathletes in the three months before the Games.<\/p>\n
\"For example, if an athlete moves very quickly, coaches can
\nteach them to move faster,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"I believe other participating countries' athletes are also
\nworking hard for the Games. We have to boost ourselves to take
\nover the overall title,\" he said.<\/p>\n
In other fighting sport developments 17 taekwondo athletes
\nwill leave for South Korea this weekend for a one-month
\npreparation.<\/p>\n
Taekwondo training director Rushied Siregar said yesterday the
\nnine men and eight women would work on technique in Seoul and
\nIchun City.<\/p>\n
At a meeting to farewell the athletes yesterday, council
\nchairman Wismoyo Arismunandar urged the Indonesian Taekwondo
\nAssociation to extend the athletes' stay to two months.<\/p>\n
Siregar said \"we'd love to stay but it depends on the
\nassociation's budget. For a month in South Korea, it has to spend
\nRp 133 million (US$55,200).\"<\/p>\n
Indonesia expects to win five of the 16 gold medals on offer
\nat the Games, which will be staged here from Oct. 11 to Oct. 19.<\/p>\n
At the last Games, Indonesian won four gold, three silver and
\nthree bronze medals in tae kwon do.<\/p>\n
Siregar said Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand would be
\nIndonesia's major threats.<\/p>\n
The men's team includes heavyweight Andri Halim, featherweight
\nPino Indra Perdana and bantamweight Dominggus Boro Wasanono, who
\nare expected to win gold medals.<\/p>\n
The women who are expected to win gold medals are
\nmiddleweights Shinta Berliana Heru and Voppy Trisnawati. (yan)<\/p>",
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