Tae kwon do team to world c'ship

Tae kwon do team to world c'ship

JAKARTA (JP): An Indonesian team of eight tae kwon do athletes will take part in a world tae kwon do championship in Manila, the Philippines, from Nov. 15 to Nov. 23.

Five of the eight athletes are male. They are Budhi Saputro (pinweight), Ade Yudha Lubis (flyweight), Eko (bantamweight), Alfons Lung (featherweight) and Iwan Gunadi (lightweight). Their female teammates are Tri Asmara (pinweight), Diah Erna Susanti (flyweight) and Rossy (featherweight).

Coach Zulkifli Tanjung said that the Indonesian team should at least earn one gold medal through Alfons Lung, the 1994 Asian Games silver medalist. (arf)