Local archers finish poorly

Local archers finish poorly

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia finished poorly at the 8th Coq French
Archery Tournament in Montelimar, France which ended on Monday.

Rusena Gelanteh, the first national female archer to score the
Olympic standard point of 1,302 during home training, was stopped
at 150-134 in the quarterfinals by Nowtcka of Poland. Teammate
Dahliana joined her after her 149-158 loss to South Korea's Yang
Mi-joung.

In the men's events, Hendra Setijawan and Gatot Aryanto also
made an early exit. Hendra's run ended in the final 16 round at
the hand of South Korea's Choi Won Jong who won 158-156. Gatot
succumbed to Giacomoni of Italy by a slight 150 (8/6) - 150 (8/9)
edge.

Chairman of the Indonesian Archery Association Oetojo Oesman
attributed the poor performance to the cold temperature of 10
degrees Celcius. "They still felt very cold even though they
tripled their outfits. How could they perform well, then?" Oetojo
said. (arf)