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05/17/07 17:39 West Papua wins 3 golds in Arafura Games Canberra (ANTARA News) - The West Papua contingent in the Arafura Games taking place in Darwin, capital of Australi`s Nothern territory, until May 19, has won three golds, one silver and one bronze, a West Papua contingent official said. The number of medals for Indonesia was expected to increase as two Aceh boxers have moved to the finals, Bambang Nugroho, manager of the West Papua Contingent, said here Thursday. "Indonesia will get at least two more silver medals. Thank God, if the two pugilists from Aceh province`s contingent win golds. I received the information from the Aceh contingent," Bambang said. According to him, the West Papua athletes were planning to leave Darwin for Denpasar, Bali, this Thursday. The three gold medals were contributed by West Papua athletes in the men`s 400-meter hurdles, men`s 100-meter sprint and men`s 4x100-meter relay race, he said. He said the organizing committee had announced that the Aceh team secured one silver so that at 1.20 pm on Thursday, Indonesia`s medal tally was three golds, two silvers and one bronze. Besides West Papua and Aceh, Indonesia is also represented by the provinces of Papua and Bali in the Arafura Games. Until Thursday afternoon, host Australia was still in the lead in the medal tally having won 125 golds, 132 silvers and 96 bronzes. Indonesia`s medal tally in the Arafura Games was far behind those of other ASEAN member countries taking part in the event. Malaysia, for instance, grabbed 18 golds, 13 silvers and eight bronzes, Thailand six golds, six silvers and 13 bronzes, Brunei five golds, five silvers and 10 bronzes, and Vietnam five golds, two silvers and three bronzes. The Arafura Games which was opened by Northern Territory`s head of government, Clare Martin, on Saturday (May 12) at the TIO stadium in Darwin runs until May 19, 2007. The event is also participated in by the US, Singapore, Lebanon, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Brunei Darussalam, New Zealand, the Philippines, Fiji, Macau, Tonga, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Samoa and South Africa. Seven disabled athletes are also taking part in the Arafura Games which has been included in Northern Territory`s biennial calendar of events. The sixth international sports conference will also be held as part of the games. (*) Copyright © 2007 ANTARA
