Eight athletes sent to junior W C'ship

Eight athletes sent to junior W C'ship

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will send a tiny team of three boys
and five girls to the sixth World Track and Field Junior
Championships in Sydney, Australia, from Aug. 20 to Aug. 25.

The Antara new agency reported that around 1,5000 athletes
from 130 countries will enter the championships, the biggest
sport event held in the country since the Melbourne Olympics in
1956.

The biennial event will be staged at the Sydney International
Athletic Center, the venue which will host the track and field
competition during the 2000 Olympic Games.

In the 1994 meet in Portugal, the United States finished first
with a total of 59 medals while Germany trailed in the second
place with 50 medals. (yan)