Three chosen for taekwondo meet

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Taekwondo Association will send two male and one female taekwondoists from East Kalimantan to this year's world championship in Manila, the Philippines, from Nov. 17 to Nov. 25.

The three who passed the selection for the world championships are featherweight Alfons Lung, flyweight Dirc Richard and female flyweight taekwondoist, Rahel Daring.

All of them have won silver medals in previous tournaments. Alfons won a silver at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. Dirc obtained his silver medal in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992 while Rachel won her silver medal at the 1995 Vietnam Open. (arf)