Denmark skips Indonesian Open

Denmark skips Indonesian Open

JAKARTA: Denmark has withdrawn from the 2003 Sanyo Indonesia
Badminton Open due to a travel warning issued by its government
following the Aug. 5 bombing at the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.

"In its e-mail to the tournament's committee, the (Danish)
team's coach, Steen Schleicher Pedersen, conveyed his apologies
because they have had to withdraw from the event," the chairman
of the tournament's organizing committee, Cahya, said on
Saturday.

The tournament, to which around 35 countries are expected to
send their representatives, is scheduled to be held in Batam,
Riau province, from Aug. 25 to Aug. 31.

Cahya said the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Britain,
Norway and Austria had also issued travel warnings but their
national badminton associations confirmed their participation.
--Antara