PASI to invite VP to open c'ships

PASI to invite VP to open c'ships

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Amateur Athletic Association
(PASI) has invited Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri to open
the Asian Track and Field Championships.

PASI's official in charge of organization and provincial
affairs Kunarto said on Monday that State Minister of Youth
Affairs and Sports Mahadi Sinambela, who had been invited to open
the event, would no longer be able to do so as his office had
been closed.

"We don't know whether the state minister will be available
for this job. If it's possible, we want to invite the vice
president to open it. But if no one is available, we will ask
chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI) Wismoyo
Arismunandar to do it," he said after meeting with Wismoyo on
Wednesday.

The Championships will end on Aug. 31. Three athletes
competing in them -- Supriati Sutono (women's long-distance
runner), Nunung Jayadi (men's pole vaulter) and Nyoman Rae
Trisandiana (women's long jumper) -- are expected to qualify for
the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. (ivy)