Palembang, S.Sumatra - Around 2,000 journalists, domestic and foreign, are registered as planning to cover the 26th South East Asian Games (SEA Games) which will take place in Palembang and Jakarta from November 11 through 22, 2011.
Chairman of the sports section of the Indonesian Journalilsts Association (PWI) Raja Parlindungan Pane made the statement here on Saturday, adding that they would be covering the major events in South Sumatra`s capital city of Palembang and in Jakarta.
He said domestic journalists registered planning to cover the games numbered 1,200 and foreign journalists 800, including TV crews.
During the SEA Games, a total of 542 gold medals will be contested in competitions in 44 sport branches. In Palembang, the games will be held at the Jakabaring sports complex. Competitions in half of the 44 sport branches would be held in Palembang.
The opening and closing ceremonies of the Sea Games are scheduled to be held in the Jakabaring sports stadium.
The 44 sport branches the games would consist of are 1.Aquatics, 2. Archery, 3. Athletics, 4. Badminton, 5. Baseball, 6. Basketball, 7. Billiards & Snooker, 8. Bowling, 9. Boxing, 10. Bridge, 11. Canoeing, 12. Chess, 13. Cycling, 14. Equestrian, 15. Fencing, 16. Fin Swimming, 17. Football, 18. Futsal, 19. Golf, 20. Gymnastics, 21. Judo, 22. Karate, 23. Paragliding, 24. Pencak Silat, 25. Petanque, 26. Roller Sports, 27. Rowing, 28. Sailing, 29. Sepaktakraw, 30. Shorinji Kempo, 31. Shooting, 32. Softball, 33. Soft Tennis, 34. Table Tennis, 35. Taekwondo, 36. Tennis, 37. Traditional Boat Race, 38. Volleyball, 39. Vovinam, 40. Wall Climbing ,41. Water Ski, 42. Weightlifting, 43. Wrestling, and 44. Wushu.
The SEA Games will be participated in by e athletes from eleven countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Timor Leste, Vietnam and host Indonesia.(*)
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