Bandung, W Java (ANTARA News) - As many as 130 athletes from 19 Asian countries will take part in the 2018 Paragliding Asian Games.

?????The Take Off I venue of the event is located at Telkom`s Sumbul Pasir Repeater Station in Puncak, Cianjur District and it is now ready to use for the competition.

??????Acting Governor of West Java H Mochamad Iriawan reviewed the venue on Tuesday.

??????Iriawan said, the Paragliding sports venue was ready to hold a match to be held on Aug 20-29, 2018.

??????"Today we checked the Paragliding venue. I see through my overall monitoring that it is ready to be used in the match," said Iriawan.

???????Furthermore, Iriawan said that there were indeed facilities that needed to be completed within the next five days. However, they are only supporting facilities for athletes.

??????"Overall we have seen that this is the best spot according to the information from the athletes. I hope that our athletes can certainly maximize their efforts to win gold medals," he said. *** 4 ***

Reporting by Ajat Sudrajat
Editing by Andi Abdussalam

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