The team manager, Lt Col Budiman said when receiving Major General Hambali Hanafiah, the operations assistant of the TNI commander, as chief of the Indonesia Military Sports Committee here on Tuesday that he was optimistic the athletes could compete with their rivals from other countries.
"In this field TNI prepares nine athletes consisting of three for men`s and three for women`s pistol events and three for rifle event. They are selected athletes of the National Training Center for Southeast Asian Games 2011 that have made achievements at national or international levels," he said.
Budiman said "at the Anniversary Cup held to mark the 484th Jakarta anniversary recently chief sergeant Sihombing even broke the national record in the Center Fire with 583 points held in the past 22 years by Brigadier General Siswanto with 582 points."
Maj Gen Hambali also inspected the preparation of the fencing athletes.
Fencing team manager Lt. Col. Richard said his athletes would compete in the floret and degen categories. He said two of the six fencing athletes that have been prepared had an experience of playing in the World Military Single Games Event in Venezuela in 2010 and grabbed the Best Fair Play title.
For boxing team manager Col. Bambang Sutrisno said four boxers had been prepared for the Olympic Games in Brazil. They are all SEA Games 2011 athletes and one of them second corporal Darsim is the second ranked athlete of the Indonesia Boxing Association (KTI) in the national championship in 2010.
After inspecting the preparations Major General Hambali advised the athletes not to stop training. "Use your time to train. Build your military spirit to make strong. If you make an achievement you will boost TNI image at international forum," he said.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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