New wushu rule benefits RI in 2002 Asiad
New wushu rule benefits RI in 2002 Asiad
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The Indonesian Wushu Association (WI) looks set to take
advantage of the adoption of a new game rule at the Asian Games
to be held in Pusan, South Korea, next September.
The new rule will require a competitor in the taolu division
to carry out a skills demonstration, which incorporates two or
three disciplines.
"We will take advantage of the new rule because our players
have been used to playing three disciplines," WI chairman
Mediteransyah told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
The new rule has been adopted as the competition will provide
less medals than it did before. The Kuala Lumpur SEA Games, which
concluded recently, offered 20 golds while the Pusan Games will
provide 11.
"Because there is a reduction in the number of gold medals
while maintaining all disciplines in the competition, two or
three disciplines will be combined for a gold quest,"
Mediteransyah said.
The mandatory three-discipline demonstration comprises
changquan, qianshu and jianshu, while the two-discipline
demonstration sees taijiquan and taijijian, all in the women's
category.
In the men's category, the three-discipline demonstration will
be either the combined changquan, daoshu, gunshu, or nanquan,
nandao, nangun, while the two-discipline demonstration comprises
taijiquan and taijijian.
The association has short-listed 15 players for the Pusan
trip.
The taolu players comprise Sherlie Hudiono, Susyana, Nurdiana,
Dwi Arimbi (female), Seno Prakoso, Sandry Liong, Howandy Santoso,
Suhendri and Gogi Nebulana.
The sanshou players, all male, include Arif Harsoyo, Christian
John, Teguh Prastowo, Alexander, Bennie Santoso and Alfrits
Maweru.
They will be under the supervision of six coaches, two of whom
-- Phoon Chee Kong and Ye Song Xian -- are from Malaysia and
China respectively.
The list of players, the copies of which were made available
to the media, names Susyana and Nurdiana as gold medal hopefuls.
While Nurdiana had to be content with a silver, 17-year-old
Susyana from Jakarta contributed to one of the two gold medals
Indonesia won at the recent Kuala Lumpur SEA Games.
The other gold was courtesy of Sherlie. However, the
association will settle for a silver from the 20-year-old
athlete, given the expected stiff challenge, particularly from
China and Hong Kong.
Under the new rule, Sherlie, who performed jianshu in Kuala
Lumpur, must now include changquan and qianshu in her preparation
for the Asian Games.
The team will start training at a training camp in Medan for
taolu specialists and in Jakarta for sanshou players.