Women archers in 2000 Olympics

Women archers in 2000 Olympics

JAKARTA (JP): Senior woman archer Nurfitriyana Lantang and the
women's archery team qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games in
Sydney after the Asian Archery Championship in Beijing last week,
secretary general of the Indonesian Archery Association (Perpani)
Udi Harsono said on Friday.

Nurfitriyana was the second national archer to qualify for the
quadrennial event after teammate Hamdiah, who qualified after
succeeding to enter the women's individual quarterfinals of the
40th World Archery Tournament in Riom, France, in July.

Nurfitriyana, Hamdiah and another teammate Lusia Elizabeth,
formed the team. Udi said that the team would compete in the
Golden Arrow 2000 tournament in Sydney, which also served as the
warm-up to the Olympics.

However, Udi said Perpani was expecting confirmation on the
Olympic berths from the world archery federation (FITA).

"FITA will give confirmation in the near future, but we are
sure that our archers have qualified after being informed in the
Asian Archery Federation (AAF) meeting in Beijing. The meeting
decided that Indonesian archers will represent Asia," Udi was
quoted by Antara as saying on Friday.

He said their departure to the Olympics would be decided by
the National Sports Council (KONI). (ivy)