Jakarta to host 37 sports in 2011 Games
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
THE next hosts of the SEA Games in 2011, Indonesia, have proposed to stage 37 sports, including two extreme sports.Malaysia's representative in the SEA Games Federation (SGF) executive meeting Datuk Sieh Kok Chi told Bernama that Indonesia would drop petanque, fin swimming, muay thai and shuttlecock juggling from the programme.
"The two new sports included are wall climbing and roller-skating," said Kok Chi here on Monday.
Among sports proposed by Indonesia are badminton, weightlifting, aquatics, football, archery, shooting, silat, taekwondo, athletics, squash, hockey, billiard & snooker, boxing, volleyball, basketball, golf, judo, sepak takraw, table tennis, wushu and cycling.
Among sports not contested in Vientiane but included in Indonesia are tenpin bowling, equestrian, gymnastics, fencing, chess, traditional boats, kayaking, rowing, sailing, softball and baseball.
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