Revered 1983 world badminton champion Icuk Sugiarto will be one of the torch bearers for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), an official said.
Central Java’s Youth and Sports Agency head Budi Santoso told reporters on Friday that Icuk was scheduled to receive the torch at the Mrapen Eternal Flame of Manggamas Village, Gobongan Regency on Sunday Oct.23.
Budi said that a traditional spiritual leader of the Mrapen flame would light the torch and hand it over to Central Java Governor Bibit Waluyo before it is passed on to Youth and Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng.
The torch will later be extended to Indonesia SEA Games Organizing Committee (Inasoc) chairperson Rita Subowo, who would hand it over to Icuk.
Icuk will pass the torch to a group of five consisting of boxer Ahmad Amri, pencak silat masters Fitroh Ramadhani and Anisa Pangestina, volleyball great Ayu Fajar Rianti and Abdul Kohar, who helped bring international recognition to the sport of sepak takraw.
“The group of five will take turns in relaying the torch during a one-kilometer parade. After that the torch will be taken by car to Borobudur Temple in Magelang Regency and the entourage will spend the night in Yogyakarta,” Budi said Friday as quoted by kompas.com.
The entire torch relay will stop in Semarang, (Central Java), Kupang (East Nusa Tenggara), Jayapura (Papua), Makassar (South Sulawesi), Balikpapan (East Kalimantan), Jakarta and Palembang (South Sumatra).
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