Taekwondo athletes to train in S. Korea

Taekwondo athletes to train in S. Korea

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will send four taekwondo athletes for
training in South Korea in preparation for the 2000 Olympic Games
in Sydney, Australia.

The National Sports Council's (KONI) deputy chief of media and
promotion, Ahmed Solihin, identified the athletes as Juana Wangsa
Putri of Jakarta, Sinta Berliana Heru and Pino Indra of West Java
and Deri Darmansyah of Central Java.

He said that Satrio Rahadani, who earned a silver medal in the
13th Asian Games in Bangkok last December, earlier left for
training in South Korea.

KONI chairman Wismoya Arismunandar expressed hope that the
athletes could make optimum use of the training opportunity. (ivy)