Yeltsin opens Youth Games

Wed, 15 Jul 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has sent two fencers and a coach to
the first World Youth Games in Moscow, to be held from July 11 to
July 19.

Russian President Boris Yeltsin opened the Games at the
Luzhniki Olympic stadium on Monday in a ceremony also attended by
the International Olympic Committee chairman Juan Antonio
Samaranch and Moscow Mayor Yu Luzhkov.

About 7,500 athletes, ranging in age from 13 to 17 years, will
represent 136 countries competed in 14 sports.

The Indonesian Embassy in Moscow said in a press release that
Indonesia took part in the opening ceremony by performing
traditional dances including Reog Ponorogo, Ondel-ondel, Kuda
Lumping and giving a demonstration of the traditional martial art
Pencak Silat. The contingent also showed traditional wedding
dresses from the ethnic groups of West Sumatra, Gorontalo (North
Sulawesi), Jambi and Betawi. (yan)

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