Young Taekwon Doins offered training<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Tae kwon do Association (TI)
\nchairman Suharto expressed hope on Sunday to recruit young
\nathletes in the first LG Cup National Tae kwon do Championships
\nat the Senayan Indoor Stadium.<\/p>\n
Suharto said young talented taekwon doins, aged under 16,
\nwould be invited to attend a training session at the Ragunan
\nsports school to improve their regional and international
\nachievements.<\/p>\n
\"We already have trained 10 young taekwon doins who are still
\nat junior high school. We hope the young athletes will reach
\ntheir peaks at the age of 21,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"TI will set up training programs to prepare young athletes to
\ncompete in regional and international championships,\" Suharto, a
\ntwo-star marine general who is also the inspector general at the
\ndefense and security ministry, said after opening the
\nchampionships on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Also attending the opening ceremony were president director of
\nPT LG Elektronik Indonesia Kim In-ki and the South Korean
\nambassador for Indonesia.<\/p>\n
273 taekwon doins from 26 provinces will compete in the three-
\nday championships, which also serve as the pre-qualifying round
\nfor the 2000 National Games (PON) in Surabaya.<\/p>\n
Suharto said TI had been preparing junior coaches to replace
\ntheir seniors and the national team coach Oh Il-nam.<\/p>\n
He said the coaches should be under 40 years old and have
\nreached at least sixth or seventh dan (level of proficiency).<\/p>\n
\"It takes time. Oh will not be with us after he reaches forty.
\nWe are now grooming coaches to replace him,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The first day of the championship featured five weight
\ndivisions: women's flyweight, women's feather weight, women's
\nwelter, men's light division and men's fin division.<\/p>\n
The 1999 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold-medalist Sinta
\nBerliana Heru had no difficulties in overwhelming Nova Sahetapi
\nof Maluku in the women's welter.<\/p>\n
Sinta earned the only gold medal for Indonesia in the women's
\nheavy weight in the Games in Brunei Darussalam.<\/p>\n
In the men's light, Fadli Potu of West Java beat Jakartan
\ntaekwon doin Mario. While Susilowati of Yogyakarta defeated
\nRegina Maya of Central Java in the final of the women's fly.
\n(ivy)<\/p>",
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