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)