RI completing SEA Games team line-up
RI completing SEA Games team line-up
JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian National Sports Council (KONI) is
completing its final selection for the 18th Southeast Asian
Games, after receiving the names of 455 athletes yesterday.
The council is now waiting for the Indonesian Judo Association
to submit the number of its athletes who are eligible for the
Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in December.
"We hope to hear their final decision on Thursday," an
official at KONI, Doddy Suwandi, said.
The association has delayed submitting its team line-up,
saying that it needs time to evaluate the performance of its
athletes during their recent final tryouts. The judo team of 20
returned home from their overseas stint in South Korea, Japan and
Chinese Taipei over the weekend.
Doddy also noted the oversized soccer team announced by the
All-Indonesia Soccer Federation (PSSI), which listed 20 booters
instead of the 18 required in international competitions.
The quota ruling applies to the World Cup, Asian Games and
even the Olympic Games.
Dody said host Thailand might have made some exceptions to the
rule. "I don't know for sure, but I have heard that Thailand made
it possible for booters' names to be submitted within six hours
prior to the competition," Doddy said.
Apparently the PSSI has been having difficulty in selecting
the booters, he added.
The PSSI was not available for comment yesterday. Its SEA
Games-bound team, which consists of 20 booters, left for Beijing
on Sunday for a friendly match against China's Olympic Games
team, scheduled for Wednesday.
Doddy said there was also a discrepancy on the name list for
the cycling team. The Indonesian Cycling team mistakenly included
an official's name, Didi Sedijanto, among its team members, he
said.
National SEA Games cycling team manager Sofyan Ruzian told The
Jakarta Post that Didi's inclusion on the list was a printing
error. "Didi is one of our officials. So we are going to send
only 19 athletes," he said.
The association's SEA Games-bound cyclists have been in
Australia for tryouts and training since Sept. 3. They will be
back home on Nov. 29.
In the Oceania Games in Townsville, which started on Sept. 16,
they gave impressive performances. In the games' first division,
Nurhayati won the gold medal in the women's 10 kilometer scratch
race and Herijanto Setjawan the bronze medal in the men's 40km
point race.
In the second division, Teguh Eko Pambudi won the men's 4,000
meter individual pursuit, Andre Sudradjat won the men's 200m
sprint and Henri Setijawan won the men's 50km international time
trial.
The first division featured competitions against Australia and
New Zealand, while the second division featured competitions
against Southeast Asian countries only.
In addition, the SEA Games-bound cyclists are also there for
training at the Adelaide Institute of Sport. They are training
under the supervision of cycling consultant Shane Bannan, who
coached them earlier in the year in Jakarta. (arf)
Indonesia's SEA Games team:
1. archery 8
2. badminton 16
3. basketball 24
4. billiard and snooker 16
5. bowling 12
6. boxing 11
7. cycling 19
8. aquatic sports 37 (swimming 17, diving 7, water polo 13)
9. equestrian events 9
10. fencing 20
11. golf 7
12. gymnastics 18
13. judo 20 (to be confirmed)
14. pencak silat 15
15. rowing 40
16. sepak takraw 12
17. shooting 20
18. soccer 20
19. squash 9
20. table tennis 9
21. tae kwon do 16
22. tennis 8
23. track and field 44
24. volleyball 24
25. weight lifting 24
26. yachting 17