Indonesia has slim chance in shooting

Indonesia has slim chance in shooting

BANGKOK (JP): With China and South Korea appearing in fine
form, Indonesia is doubtful about its prospects of achieving its
target to win a silver medal in the shooting competition at the
13th Asian Games on Thursday.

National shooting team manager Benny Mamoto said on Tuesday
that the continent's superpowers in the sport would likely
introduce new faces but still remain too strong to beat.

"We will just rely on our fighting spirit," Benny said of his
women shooters' chances in the team and individual double trap
events.

Indonesia is fielding Sarmunah, Rina Dwi Kusumaningtyas and
Titin Hendawati.

Sarmunah was part of the national women's double trap team
which won a silver at the 1994 Asiad in Hiroshima, Japan.

Indonesian Shooting and Hunting Association chairman Sutiyoso
said prior to the Games that winning medals was out of the
question if the markswomen were to don the national colors here.

"It's more important for us now to go all out. We'll only
compete on one day so we must do our best," Benny said.

The trio of shooters were groomed for 10 months for the Games
at the Cilodong training camp in East Jakarta.

In the pre-Asian Games in August, the national team took home
a gold from Sarmunah and a bronze from the team. But the Chinese,
South Koreans and Japanese were absent from the event.

Rina said that she had yet to find anything to disturb her
preparations at the Sports Authority of Thailand sports complex.

"The weather is the same as in Jakarta. We only have to adapt
to the wind at the venue because it will influence our shooting
on competition day," she said.

Sarmunah said: "We only have to concentrate on the
competition. The results will follow if we can perform well. I
think the technical skills among the participating countries are
the same. It's just a matter of concentration." (yan)