Local Heroes
Using only home-grown athletes, East Java became overall champion of the National Games.
August 5, 2008
AFTER the gold medals, money pours in. Nancy Suryaatmaja was beaming with delight among East Java’s athletes assembled on the courtyard of the Negara Grahadi Building, Surabaya, Tuesday, a fortnight ago. She got the most bonuses, Rp675 million in total, after tax. A few days earlier, she received Rp14 million from Surabaya’s Indonesian National Sports Committee.
Nancy deserves the big rewards for her spectacular swimming records in the Natio
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