Junior c'ship opens today

Junior c'ship opens today

JAKARTA (JP): A total of 126 budding athletes from 18 Indonesian provinces will compete in the junior national gymnastics championship at the Senayan Volleyball Hall this morning.

"The objective of this national championship is to scout talents," Andi Darusalam Tabusala of the Indonesian Gymnastics Association said in a statement yesterday.

Andi urged coaches not to force their rookies into doing movements too difficult for them. Joint evaluation on the recently concluded Southeast Asian Junior Championships here showed that many gymnasts have not completely mastered even the basic routines, he added. (arf)