21 sports bodies give Asiad plans

21 sports bodies give Asiad plans

JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-one sports organizations have submitted
proposals for their participation in the 13th Asian Games in
Bangkok next December to the National Sports Council task force.

The task force chairman, Muhammad Hindarto, said after a task
force meeting yesterday that the proposals included training
programs, preparatory events, medal targets and budgets.

"From 32 sports organizations only 21 have submitted
proposals. The council will decide if it still wants to hear
programs from the other 11 organizations," he said.

The 21 sports are archery, badminton, billiards and snooker,
bowling, boxing, canoeing and rowing, cycling, fencing,
gymnastics, karate, sepak takraw, soccer, softball, swimming, tae
kwon do, tennis, track and field, volleyball (including beach
volleyball), weightlifting, wrestling and yachting.

The Asiad will feature 36 sports event;

Hindarto said the task force would have to study all the
proposals to decide which sports would compete at the quadrennial
event.

"But the council chairman, Wismoyo Arismunandar, will make the
decision on Monday," he said.

Yesterday's meeting was attended by the council's vice
chairman, Arie Sudewo, secretary-general Rudolf Warouw, planing
and budget deputy Togi M. Hutagaol, athletes development deputy
Muhammad Sarengat, and sports experts Mangombar Ferdinand Siregar
and Arnold Lisapaly.

Hindarto said the task force had estimated that Indonesia had
a good chance of winning medals in eight sports. They are
badminton, beach volleyball, boxing, karate, shooting, tae kwon
do, tennis and weightlifting.

But Siregar predicted that gold would only come from
badminton, karate and weightlifting. Silvers and bronzes would
likely to come from boxing, canoeing, cycling, rowing, shooting
(double trap) and tae kwon do.

Hindarto said that although the Indonesian Shooting and
Hunting Association had yet to submit its proposal, the council
could appoint the best shooters, based on their chances of
winning medal, to compete.

Antara reported Indonesia had a great chance to win the silver
in the women's trap event at the Asiad.

State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman has
said that he will try to get the Asiad fund of Rp 11.285 billion
(US$3.2 million) from the 1998/1999 State Budget before April.
(yan)