PASI drops five from SEA Games

PASI drops five from SEA Games

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Amateur Track and Field
Association (PASI) has taken strict punitive measures against
five male athletes. The five have been dropped from the 18th
Southeast Asian Games national team for a discipline violation.

"They have proved to lack discipline by failing to join the
centralized training stint on time," PASI's head of technical
commission Pieter Noya said yesterday, adding that the errant
athletes did not give reasons for missing the training stint.

The athletes comprised 200m runner Herman Balagase, walkers
Turiman and Jauhari, long-distance runner Osias Kamlase and 400m
Elizier Waterbozi.

"PASI will consider being lenient if they manage to shine in
the Indonesia Open next month," Pieter was quoted by Antara as
saying. (amd)