RI boxers eye future honors

RI boxers eye future honors

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has set its sights on winning gold
medals in the boxing competitions at the 2002 Asian Games and the
2004 Olympics.

The chairman of the Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association Sang
Nyoman Suwisma said after a meeting with National Sports Council
chairman Wismoyo Arismunandar that the association had pinned its
hopes on junior boxers who are currently participating in a long-
term training program.

"My major aim is to provide them with a solid platform from
which to challenge for major honors over the next four years,"
Suwisma, who only recently took over the chairmanship of the
association, said as quoted by Antara. Suwisma is also chief of
the Tanjungpura Regional Military Command overseeing Kalimantan.

Yesterday, Suwisma and Wismoyo sent off seven young boxers to
Taipei to compete in the Asian Junior Boxing Championships, which
starts tomorrow.

Indonesia has never won any medals in Olympic boxing, but has
three Asian Games gold medals won by middleweights Wiem Gomies in
1970 and 1978 and Pino Bahari in 1990. (amd)