The Washington Post, November 1st, 1994
The organizers of the Olympics have worried out loud that many of their games are too familiar (tennis, boxing) or too slow (yachting, archery) to keep people interested. Now, from Southeast Asia, comes a fast, furious, and spectacularly athletic antidote to that problem: the sport of Sepak Takraw. This weird and wild game - combining the basic elements of volleyball, gymnastics and hackey-sack - was such a hit at last month's Asian Games here that advocates are pushing hard to add it to the Summer Olympics roster. They're even willing to change the sport's ancient name to something catchy lik...
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