Pencak silat meet for SEA Games

Pencak silat meet for SEA Games

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Pencak Silat Association will
start scouting for athletes for the 18th Southeast Asian Games
during the ninth national championships in East Jakarta next
month.

A total of 10 gold medals in the men's divisions and five in
the women's events are at stake at the May 16-21 championships,
with all 60 medal winning athletes picked to join the centralized
training program which starts shortly after the championships.

Only 30 athletes will be eligible to don the national colors
in the SEA Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand in December, an
executive of the association, Both Sudargo, said (amd).