Indonesia wins four golds at Arafura Games<\/p>\n
By Primastuti Handayani<\/p>\n
DARWIN, Australia (JP): Indonesia's second string athletes
\nsuccessfully won four gold, six silver and six bronze medals in
\nthe second day of the Arafura Games yesterday.<\/p>\n
Silvy Triana clocked 2:28.55 to win the gold in the 200 meters
\nwomen's individual medley and compatriot Kevin Rose Nasution took
\nthe bronze with 2:32.38. The silver went to host swimmer Kerry
\nLee Taylor with 2:30.10.<\/p>\n
Silvy set a new record, 1.45 seconds faster than the old
\nrecord produced by Megan Fanning of the Northern Territory in
\n1988.<\/p>\n
Silvy won another gold in the 200m backstroke with 2:26.57
\nseconds. Caroline Pickering of Fiji finished second with 2:32.61
\nwhile host swimmer Taylor took the bronze with 2:32.94.<\/p>\n
In the 50m freestyle, Silvy shared second place with Taylor
\nafter finishing in 28.05 seconds. Caroline Pickering of Fiji set
\na new record of 27.5, 1.11 seconds faster than the old record set
\nby Bridget O'Brien of the Northern Territory in 1993.<\/p>\n
Darlene Rahmawati finished first with 36.73 in the 50m
\nbreaststroke, followed by Jennifer Pierce of Northern Mariana
\nIslands with 37.82 and Zenia Peni of Papua New Guinea with 38.10.<\/p>\n
Darlene also won the 200m individual medley in the 13-14 age
\ngroup after clocking 2:35.84 seconds. The host's Byrannon Gray
\nand Namiko Koayashi of Papua New Guinea finished second and third
\nin 2:35.93 and 2:36.54 respectively.<\/p>\n
In the men's 200m freestyle, national swimmer Kristian Johanes
\nand Donny Utomo finished second and third. Kristian clocked
\n2:01.60 while Donny set 2:02.82.<\/p>\n
The gold went to host swimmer Ian Vander Wal who finished in
\n1:56.23 seconds.<\/p>\n
Kristian and Donny also won the silver and bronze in the 50m
\nbutterfly stroke with 26.34 and 26.69 respectively. Vander Wal
\ntook another gold with 25.9 seconds.<\/p>\n
Darminah, the National Games winner, won silver in the women's
\ndiscus at the Arafura Stadium in the Marrara Sports Complex with
\n42.06 meters.<\/p>\n
Darminah, whose best record was 41.88, said she was satisfied
\nwith her results.<\/p>\n
Mei Hong of China won the gold with 50.44 meters, which broke
\nthe Arafura Games record of 41.78 meters. Tea Ai Seng of Brunei
\nDarussalam took the bronze with 37.14 meters.<\/p>\n
Women's sprinter Rabaiya, also the National Games winner, and
\nmen's sprinter Achmad Nursianto only finished fourth in the
\nwomen's and men's 100 meter finals.<\/p>\n
Rabaiya clocked 12.28 seconds, worse than her personal best of
\n11.95. Nursianto set the time of 10.79, 13 seconds behind his
\npersonal best.<\/p>\n
The gold went to Nova Peris-Kneebone, the Games' torchbearer
\nat the opening ceremony, who clocked 11.66 seconds.<\/p>\n
Anh Hoang Thi Lan Anh of Vietnam took the silver with 11.82
\nseconds while another host sprinter Natasha Martin won the bronze
\nwith 12.28 seconds.<\/p>\n
Patrick Johnson of the Northern Territory won the gold in the
\nmen's 100 meters after clocking 10.39 seconds. Thanh Tran Xuan
\nThan of Vietnam took the silver with 10.62 and Ma Haji Serudin of
\nBrunei Darussalam finished third in 10.67 to take the bronze.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian men's softball team repeated its success in the
\nfirst day after defeating Northern Marianas 4-3 in the first
\nmatch and host Northern Territory 6-0 in the second at the Garden
\nOvals.<\/p>\n
Pitcher Ardiansyah controlled the ball well and only allowed
\nthe host team to hit four for the game.<\/p>\n
The women's team had its first victory against host Northern
\nTerritory 4-3.<\/p>\n
The host team led 3-0 until the seventh innings when the
\nIndonesian girls fought from behind to tie the game 3-3. In the
\neighth innings, Indonesia's Viena RH scored a run to win 4-3.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately Indonesia's initial success did not follow,
\nlosing to Chinese Taipei 0-6.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian men's sepak takraw also had two victories
\nyesterday at the Marrara Indoor Stadium.<\/p>\n
In the first match, the national squad defeated host Northern
\nTerritory 15-3, 15-5 and in the second match beat Japan 15-0, 15-
\n6.<\/p>\n
So far in the eight-day games, three coaches and five
\nofficials have suffered headaches due to the heat.<\/p>",
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