Suwardwiyono, Sinta best athletes

JAKARTA: Suwardwiyono and Sinta Berliana Heru were named the best athletes in the men's and women's divisions, respectively, at the just concluded 3rd LG Cup national tae kwon do championships.

The honors were announced by Adrian Lumowa, the secretary- general of the Indonesian Tae Kwon Do Association, here on Monday. The four-day LG Cup, which featured athletes from 26 provinces, ended on Sunday.

The 22-year-old Suwardwiyono, who competed for East Kalimantan, defeated veteran Charles Assa in the welterweight final, making East Kalimantan the only team from outside of Java to win a gold medal.

Sinta, who was a gold medalist at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games, led her West Java team to a defense of its championship title with her victory in the welterweight division. Sinta's was one of nine golds won by West Java. --JP