PON winners to go international

JAKARTA (JP): The 16 gold medalists from the 14th National Games (PON) taekwondo competition will don the national colors in the ASEAN Taekwondo Championships in Ho Chi Minh City from Oct. 23 through Oct. 27 1996.

Deputy Secretary-general of the Indonesian Taekwondo Association Hanafi M Saud said yesterday that Indonesia would use the tournament to observe the progress made by its rivals prior to the Southeast Asian Games here next year.

There will be six West Javanese, four Central Javanese, three Jakartans, a North Sumatran, an East Kalimantan and a Yogyakartan on the team.

Hanafi said that those failing in Vietnam would lose their positions in the SEA Games to runners-up at PON. (yan)