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Indonesia to Host SEA GAMES 2011
Palembang, S. Sumatera - INDONESIA with 37 Sports
INDONESIA, who will be hosting the 2011 SEA Games, have proposed staging
37 sports, including two extreme sports.
Malaysia’s representative in the SEA Games Federation (SGF) executive meeting Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said that Indonesia
would drop petanque, fin swimming, muay thai and shuttle**** juggling from the programme.
“The two new sports included are wall
climbing and roller-skating,” he said yesterday.
Among the 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, cycling.
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Among the sports not contested in Vientiane but included in Indonesia
are ten pin bowling, equestrian, gymnastics, fencing,
chess, traditional boats, kayaking, rowing, sailing, softball and baseball.
And, for the first time in the SEA Games history, Indonesia
have proposed including Kempo, a type of combat sport similar to
fencing but using bamboo-made weapons that is popular in Japan.
The 2011 host have also added powerlifting to the programme of normal athletes although the sport is normally featured in
the Paralympics.
Singapore has withdrawn from hosting the 2013 SEA
Games and Vietnam has offered to host the 2013 Games.
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