Indonesia grabs 10,000m men's gold at athletics meet<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): After three barren days, \"Indonesia Raya,\" the
\nnational anthem, was finally heard when Ferry Junaedi received
\nthe gold medal from Muhammad (Bob) Hasan, Indonesia's track and
\nfield chief, for winning the men's 10,000m.<\/p>\n
Ferry, 16, surpassed Mohamed G. Akdy of Saudi Arabia in the
\n16th round with nine more laps to go and from then on, took the
\nlead until the finish line.<\/p>\n
Ferry clocked in at 31:13.17secs, leaving the Saudi Arabian
\nrunner in his wake some 200m behind. Mohamed won the silver with
\na time of 31:51.52.<\/p>\n
\"This is my best time,\" Ferry, whose father is a truck driver,
\ntold reporters yesterday. His coach Yon Daryono actually prepared
\nhim for the men's 5000m, Ferry said, but in that competition he
\nonly came in fifth at 15:09.51, far behind China's Xia Fengyuan,
\nwho finished in 14:29.39.<\/p>\n
Ferry's victory thus saved face for the host athletes and
\nlifted Indonesia's rank from 12th to 8th.<\/p>\n
As was obvious from the outset, China, with a total of 16 gold
\nmedals, dominated the 5th Asian junior track and field
\nchampionship, finishing its fourth and last day yesterday.<\/p>\n
When asked to comment on China's victory, China's team leader,
\nLi Ya Guang, told The Jakarta Post and Suara Karya that he was
\nproud that his team dominated the meet without belittling their
\nopponents.<\/p>\n
\"Our Chinese athletes were taken from China's provincial
\nbest,\" Li said, adding that not all athletes of his team were
\nsuccessful in this meet, particularly in the men's 4x100m relay
\nteam.<\/p>\n
\"For the men's 4x100m relay team, our junior and senior teams
\nlagged quite far behind Thailand and Japan. The Chinese men's
\n4x100m relay team also finished poorly, taking 6th place, far
\nbehind Thailand and Japan, the gold and the silver winners.<\/p>\n
Though China's junior athletes dominated the meet, Li said
\nthat none of them would be sent to the upcoming Asian Games in
\nHiroshima. \"For Asian Games, we have prepared our senior ones,\"
\nhe added.<\/p>\n
When asked to comment on Indonesian's athletes, Li said that
\nin his opinion, Indonesian athletes were diligent and had a
\nstrong will to win, but seemed to lack intensive, long training.<\/p>\n
In China, Li said, youths from all walks of life are exposed
\nto various kinds of sports. The country then picks the best of
\nthem, trains and directs them to break the world's records.
\nThailand<\/p>\n
Thailand's male relay team, who had previously won the gold
\nmedal in the men's 4x400m, again showed their supremacy.<\/p>\n
The team ran 39.66secs in the men's 4x100m yesterday, leaving
\nJapan, which took the silver, one minutes 15 seconds behind and
\ncreated a new Asian junior record.<\/p>\n
Thailand's coach, Suchart Jaesuraparp, told the Post that
\nthird runner Worasit Vechaput and anchor leg Sayan Namwong would
\nrun with the other two, more senior sprinters, in the men's
\n4x100m relay in the upcoming Asian Games in Hiroshima.<\/p>\n
Second runner Reanchai Seehawong would act as a reserve for
\nhis Asiad-bound team, added Suchart, who himself won the men's
\n100m three times in Asia championships.<\/p>\n
With the end of the four-day meet, a total of seven records
\nwere broken, five of which were established on Monday. In
\naddition to Thailand's men 4x100m relay team, Chinese women's
\n4x100m relay team also shattered the old mark of 46.02 set by the
\nIndian national team in 1992 in New Delhi. The Chinese girls
\nraced 44.75secs. (arf)<\/p>\n
Final medals tally<\/p>\n
G S B
\n 1. China 16 4 4
\n 2. Japan 7 10 8
\n 3. Qatar 4 3 5
\n 4. C Taipei 4 2 5
\n 5. India 3 6 3
\n 6. Thailand 3 4 2
\n 7. Sri Lanka 2 2 0
\n 8. Indonesia 1 0 1
\n 9. Turkmenistan 1 0 0
\n 10.South Korea 0 4 5
\n 11.Kazakhstan 0 4 3
\n 12.Uzbekhistan 0 2 1
\n 13.Saudi Arabia 0 1 0
\n 14.Rep of Yaman 0 0 1
\n 15.Myanmar 0 0 1
\n 16.Malaysia 0 0 1<\/p>",
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