Just One Gold, So What?

The Indonesian athletes’ minimal performance in Sydney is in direct proportion to the minimal funds available and the government’s lack of interest.

September 25, 2000

One gold medal, three silver and two bronze are appropriate results at the Sydney Olympic Games for Indonesia, a country that has just abolished its ministry of sports. What with funds for sports development in short supply, a crushing burden of debts, and corruption so rampant as to land a member the of the International Olympics Committee, Bob Hasan, in jail—barring him from flying to Sydney—our achievement at the grandest multi-bra

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