Olympic champs win cars

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Olympic gold medal winning pair Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky each received a Bimantara Cakra car yesterday from Bimantara Group president Bambang Trihatmojo.

Bambang, who is also President Soeharto's second son, said that the men's doubles badminton players deserved the awards for salvaging Indonesia's pride at the world's biggest sporting event.

Both shuttlers are members of the Bimantara Tangkas club owned by the holding company.

Indonesia won a gold, a silver and two bronzes, all in badminton, at the Atlanta Olympics last July. (amd)