Shuttlers get other training facility<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian shuttlers, targeting two gold medals
\nat the Olympic Games, will benefit from a special training
\nfacility in a sports hall in a high school near the athletes'
\nvillage at Homebush Bay in Sydney.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's Olympic training director, Arie Sudewo, said on
\nMonday the Indonesian community in Sydney invited the shuttlers
\nto train in the hall, which is a 30-minute walk from the
\nathletes' village.<\/p>\n
\"The Indonesian community, mostly consisting of people from
\nWest Sumatra, have asked the shuttlers to practice in the sports
\nhall. The community has a badminton club and they regularly rent
\nthe sports hall to practice.<\/p>\n
\"Our shuttlers will no longer have to depend on the practice
\nfacility provided by the organizers,\" said Arie, who is also the
\nvice chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI).<\/p>\n
Nineteen men's and women's shuttlers and eight coaches and
\nofficials will be part of the last batch of the Indonesian
\nOlympic contingent leaving for Sydney on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The shuttlers are Taufik Hidayat, Hendrawan and Marlev Mainaky
\nin the men's singles; Flandy Limpele, Eng Hian, Ricky Soebagdja,
\nRexy Mainaky, Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya in the men's
\ndoubles; Tri Kusharjanto, Bambang Supriyanto, Minarti Timur and
\nZelin Resiana in the mixed doubles; Lydia Djaelawidjaja and Ellen
\nAngelinawaty in the women's singles; and Elysa Nathanael, Deyana
\nLomban, Etty Tantri and Cynthia Tuwankotta in the women's
\ndoubles.<\/p>\n
Also leaving on Sunday are women's divers Shenny Ratna Amelia
\nand Eka Purnama Indah; men's diver Muhammad Nasrullah and coach
\nHarli Ramayani; men's table tennis players Anton Suseno, Ismu
\nHarinto and coach Adjat Sudrajat; women's taekwondoins Juana
\nWangsa Putri, Rahadewi Neta and coach Oh Il-nam; men's swimmers
\nRichard Sam Bera, Albert Christiadi Sutanto, Felix Christiadi
\nSutanto, Steven Chandra and coach Lisa Farida Siregar; women's
\ntennis players Yayuk Basuki, Wynne Prakusya and coach Suzana
\nAnggar Kusuma; men's judoka Kresna Bayu; women's judoka Aprilia
\nMarzuki and coach Iswanda S. Sutanto.<\/p>\n
Arie said 11 athletes and 11 coaches and officials would leave
\nfor Sydney on Tuesday. The athletes and coaches are women's
\nsprinter Irene Truitje Joseph; men's sprinters Subakir, Sukari,
\nJohn Herman Murray, Erwin Heru Susanto and Yanes Raubaba, and
\ncoaches Bambang Wahjudi and Pieter Noya; boxers Hermansen Ballo,
\nLa Paene Massara and coach Frans Van Bronckhorst; women's
\nweightlifters Sri Indriyani, Winarni and Lisa Rumbewas, and
\ncoaches Imron Rosadi and Lukman.<\/p>\n
Pieter Noya said he and Bambang had named three possible
\nlineups for the men's 4x100m relay team. The first is Sukari,
\nErwin, Subakir and John; the second alternative will have Yanes
\nrunning the third leg instead of Subakir; and in the third
\noption, Subakir will run the first leg of the relay, followed by
\nErwin, John and Yanes.<\/p>\n
\"We have one week before the day of the competition to decide
\non the best team,\" he said, adding that Yanes had reached his top
\nform after suffering from typhoid last month.<\/p>\n
In an unrelated development, KONI official in charge of
\nathlete development, Moch. Hindarto, said on Monday the council
\nhad set the physical standards to be used to select athletes for
\nthe centralized training center for the 2001 Southeast Asian
\nGames here next year.<\/p>\n
The standard includes the 30 meter run, two minutes of sit-
\nups, flexibility and the vertical jump.<\/p>\n
\"The male athletes should run (the 30m) in less than 4.3
\nseconds and the women 5.5. The men should be able to do 55 sit-
\nups and the women 50. The men should be able to stretch up to 25
\ncentimeters and the women 30cm. And finally, the men should be
\nable to jump a minimum of 60cm high and the women 50cm,\" he
\nannounced. (ivy)<\/p>",
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