10 athletes set for Special Olympics

10 athletes set for Special Olympics

JAKARTA (JP): Ten athletes will represent Indonesia in the
10th Special Olympics World Summer Games in Raleigh-Durham, North
Carolina, from June 26 to July 4. They will compete in track and
field, table tennis and badminton.

Team manager Suranto said in his fax that the athletes were
intensively trained since May 20. They will depart on June 20 and
will be accompanied by three coaches.

Indonesian athletes have successfully won medals in previous
international events. The country took 15 golds in the 1990
Singapore National Olympics, nine golds in the 1991 International
Summer Special Olympic Games in Minneapolis, 12 golds in the
Disabled Games in Malaysia, 11 golds in the 1993 Singapore
National Olympics Games, 13 golds in the 1995 Special Olympics
World Games in New Heaven and 10 golds in the 1996 Asia Pacific
Regional Special Olympic Games in Shanghai.(yan)