Setiawan brothers rethink resignations<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Brothers Hengky Setiawan and Herry Janto
\nSetiawan have agreed to join the cycling centralized training
\nprogram for the 19th SEA Games despite an Indonesian Cycling
\nAssociation statement saying they have retired.<\/p>\n
Both Hengky and Herry confirmed their participation in the
\nnational training squad to SEA Games training director Djoko
\nPramono yesterday.<\/p>\n
Djoko said that he would speak to the association to find out
\nif it still needed both riders and also if it could guarantee
\nthat Hengky and Herry's substitutes were potential gold-medal
\nwinners.<\/p>\n
Herry won the 1,000 meters Individual Time Track silver medal
\nin the 1995 SEA Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, while elder
\nbrother Hengky won the gold in the 4-kilometer Team Pursuit.<\/p>\n
\"The organization must have adequate substitute before letting
\nyou retire. But if you both agree to join the national team, then
\nI'll speak to the organization to arrange the training for you,\"
\nDjoko told Hengky and Herry.<\/p>\n
The confusion arose when the association announced both
\ncyclists' resignation before they had sent an official letter to
\nthe association and the National Sports Council.<\/p>\n
Hengky and Herry submitted the letter on Jan. 13 to the
\ncouncil's Secretary-General Rudolph Warouw.<\/p>\n
On receiving the resignation, the council's chairman Wismoyo
\nArismunandar urged both athletes to reconsider because they still
\nhave the potential to win gold medals.<\/p>\n
\"Before Pak Wismoyo spoke to us, we didn't want to join the
\nteam because we have to think about our futures. The association
\nsaid that it already had adequate substitutes. It wouldn't have
\nbeen a problem if we had missed the Games,\" Herry said.<\/p>\n
\"But since Pak Wismoyo urged us to join the team, we started
\nto think it over. We don't want the public to accuse us of being
\nunpatriotic because we're not,\" Hengky said.<\/p>\n
However, they said that they wanted coaches Wahyudi Hidayat
\nand Endang Subagyo to train them for the October Games.<\/p>\n
\"They coached us to our previous successes. We believe that
\nthey can coach us better to win more gold medals,\" Herry said.<\/p>\n
Indonesian gymnasts being groomed for the SEA Games have
\nadapted to the new international rules, which came into effect
\nJan. 1, 1997, Sri Hastuti Merdiko, the Indonesian Gymnastic
\nAssociation's secretary-general, said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The International Gymnastics Federation's new rules state that
\neach team is to consist of six athletes; five can compete and
\nonly four are judged.<\/p>\n
Another new rule is that all athletes taking part in psn-
\ncontinental games and the Olympics must be at least 16 years old.
\nThe reason is to avoid injuries in athletes of a tender age.<\/p>\n
The most testing rule is that every movement in a routine will
\nbe judged only once, even though the movement may be performed
\nseveral times.<\/p>\n
\"Coaches must now create more variations. It can also help the
\ndevelopment of the sport by avoiding monotonous routines,\"
\nHastuti said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's eight male and 18 female athletes are being
\ntrained by Russians Yuri Kouznetsov and Irina Voino. The
\nassociation is still waiting for three other Russian coaches to
\narrive.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Sianturi, who earned two golds in the last Games, is
\nstill the mainstay of the men's team. Novi Kartiana Sari and
\nAfrina Suryani Siahaan will lead the women's team.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, which won only two golds, one silver and four
\nbronzes at the 1995 Chiang Mai Games, in Thailand. It sees
\nThailand and Malaysia as its toughest rivals at the Jakarta
\nGames.<\/p>\n
The association plans to send six referees to sit an
\ninternational examination in Malaysia in March.<\/p>\n
\"We will send them in the hope they can be chief referees at
\nthe Games,\" Hastuti said. (yan)<\/p>",
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