RI judokas switch classes for Asiad

RI judokas switch classes for Asiad

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian judoka champion Kresna Bayu, who won
two golds in the 19th SEA Games here last year, is to move from
the 86-kilogram division to the 90kg division in preparation for
the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in December, an official said.

The secretary-general of Indonesian Judo Association, Aji
Koesmantri, said national female judoka titleholder Aprilia
Marzuki would move from the 66kg class to the 61kg class for the
same purpose.

Bayu, Aprilia and Praptiningsih, who will compete in the 52kg
division, will have a three-month tryout in the Netherlands,
Germany and France from August to October. The association will
fully finance the Asiad tryouts. (yan)