Wismoyo opens 10-K Dili walk competition

Wismoyo opens 10-K Dili walk competition

JAKARTA (JP): A huge field of 7,375 running enthusiasts took part in the 10K walk in Dili, East Timor, which was opened by the chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI) Wismoyo Arismunandar on Saturday.

The race, made up of 544 groups and 721 individual entries, started in front of the Immaculata Conceptio Cathedral, ran through Dili's thoroughfares and finished in front of the Dili Municipal Stadium.

Participants wore red and white T-shirts emblazened with the picture of Maya Rumantir, owner of the Maya Gita Foundation which organized the event, and a sentence which read "Love your country, love each other."

East Timor Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares said he was happy that the government entrusted the youngest province with the hosting of the event. "Pak Wismoyo loves us so much that he took time to come and open this race," Soares said.

Winners were awarded trophies, savings certificates and other consolation prizes.

Present at the award-giving ceremony were Dili Archbishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, chief of the ninth military command Adang Ruchiatna and East Timor Police Chief Sugianto Andreas. (yac/arf)