Five lifters axed from RI squad

Five lifters axed from RI squad

Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The Indonesian weightlifting governing body PABBSI has removed
five lifters from the Asian Games squad after "they failed to
meet the parameters set by the National Sports Council (KONI)".

The five lifters are Joko Hanggono, Junaedi, Yudi Suhartono,
Sri Indriyani and Sri Hartati.

"We have come to a judgment that they failed to meet KONI's
parameters," Gandrung, the executive director of PABBSI, said on
Monday.

With their departure, at least one more would likely be added
to the squad as Gandrung disclosed a plan to recruit Sunarto, a
24-year-old from Jakarta.

Hadi Wihardja, who is in charge of technical affairs, said
that the five generally had not shown any improvement during the
training program, which started in January.

"Yudi Hartono was still struggling in his 85-kilogram class.
His best lifts are a distant 60 kilograms below the Asian record,
And Joko and Junaedi were even worse," he said.

PABBSI, which also governs powerlifting and bodybuilding, has
left out Sri Indriyani because it doubted that the former world
junior champion would excel after her recent marriage, while Sri
Hartati failed at a junior event in Thailand early this month.

The elimination of the five now leaves the weightlifting
organization with seven hopefuls: Yadi Setiyadi, Nusyanto, Misdan
Yunip, Erwin Abdullah (male), Lisa Rumbewas, Tanti Pratiwi and
Rosmaniar.

Lisa, Tanti and Erwin have just returned from Qatar where they
took part in the All-Star Weightlifting Championships last week,
with Gandrung saying that the three had fared up to expectations
and that they should be able to improve their performance at the
Asian Games in four months time.

Lisa won a silver medal in the women's 48-kilogram division,
while Tanti and Erwin had to be content with bronzes in the
women's 58kg class and men's 77kg class respectively.