Indonesia will contend 10 events at Atlanta
Indonesia will contend 10 events at Atlanta
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will figure in 10 of the 26 events
contested at the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta from July 19 to
Aug. 4 with a 39-strong team, chief of Indonesia's Olympic team
project Soebardi Soear said yesterday.
The 10 events in question are track and field, tennis, table
tennis, badminton, archery, weightlifting, boxing, beach
volleyball, swimming and windsurfing.
Soebardi said that of the 10 events, Indonesia will rely
heavily on badminton for medals. "At least, we hope we can get
exactly the same number of medals that we got in the 1992
Barcelona Olympics: two gold, two silver and one bronze."
Indonesia has failed to earn two wild cards for judo athletes
Aprilia Marzuki and Krisna Bayu and is waiting to find out if it
obtained one for kayaking. It has a slim chance as rowers Anisi
and Agus finished fourth in the Olympic qualifying round for
Asian rowers in Japan last month.
"By June 23 we shall know (whether we have it or not),"
Soebardi said.
As for archery, Indonesia has secured three Olympic berths
after winning a bronze medal at the world archery championship
here in July last year. But it is yet to decide which of its four
top archers will go to Atlanta. "They (Dahliana, Nurfitriyana,
Hamdiah and Purnama Pandiangan) are still competing for the
Olympic, team which should be formed sometime between June 19 and
June 23," Soebardi said.
Soebardi said the decision to figure in the 10 events was
based on President Soeharto's instruction to take part in events
which feature Indonesian athletes at their best.
Indonesia's Olympic team is scheduled to go to Atlanta on July
8, led by Soebardi, after paying a visit to President Soeharto a
few days earlier. But it will not be a full team. Indonesia's
boxing team will go to Atlanta from Cuba, where they are now
training. Indonesia's beach volleyball team will arrive from
France and Indonesia's badminton team will depart on July 17 from
Jakarta. (arf)
List of Atlanta Olympics-bound Indonesian athletes
Badminton
Men's singles: Joko Suprianto, Heryanto Arbi, Alan Budi
Kusuma; Women's singles: Susi Susanti, Mia Audina, Yuliani
Sentosa;
Men's doubles: Ricky Subagdja/Rexy Mainaky, Deny Kantono/
Antonius, Bambang Suprianto/Gunawan;
Women's doubles: Elisa/Zelin Rosiana, Lili Tampi/Finarsih;
Mixed doubles: Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur, Flandy Limpele/
Riseu Rosalina
Beach volleyball men: Nurmufid, Markodji; Women: Ni Putu Timi,
Engel Bertha Kaisei
Boxing: Nemo Bahari, Hendrik Simangunsong, La Paene, Hermensen
Balo.
Women's table tennis: Rosi Pratiwi Dipoyanti, Men: Anton Suseno.
Women's tennis: Yayuk Basuki, Romana Tedjakusuma.
Men's track and field: marathoner Ethel Hudson.
Men's swimming: Richard Sam Bera (50m and 100m freestyle).
Weightlifting: Hery Setiawan (54kg).
Windsurfing: Oka Sulaksana.