Jakarta, Central Java lead track and field<\/p>\n
Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Palembang<\/p>\n
Jakarta and Central Java took two gold medals each on the
\nsecond day of the track and field competition, which again had
\nsome uninspiring performances at the National Games here on
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
Jakarta collected its golds through Nunung Jayadi in the men's
\npole vault and Achmed Sakeh in the men's 200-meter dash while
\nDarminah and Mujianto were Central Java's gold medalists in the
\nwomen's discus throw and men's 3,000-meter steeplechase,
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
East Java, North Sulawesi, South Sumatra and West Kalimantan
\nalso joined the medal celebration by picking up one gold medal
\neach.<\/p>\n
But the celebrations were a bit muted as most of the athletes
\nfell short of their on personal bests.<\/p>\n
The lone highlight on the track was in the women's discus
\nthrow in which Darminah managed to break the Games record to win
\nthe gold for Central Java. Her throw of 45.97 meters was an
\nimprovement from the previous record of 45.95 meters.<\/p>\n
Darminah beat fellow Central Java thrower Dwi Ratnawati, who
\nhad a 45.49-meter throw and Winda Dianita of South Sumatera, with
\n40.78 meters.<\/p>\n
Nunung took a shot at 5.15 meters in a bid to break the
\nnational record of 5.13 he set up in 2002. But he failed to
\nsurpass the national mark, blaming the pole he used for the
\nfailure.<\/p>\n
\"I was really looking to breaking my record in this PON. I'm
\nnot happy with merely winning gold. But it was difficult to break
\nthe record as the type of pole that I am using is different than
\nthe one I was using in 2002.<\/p>\n
\"It was type 80 back then. This is type 77,\" Nunung told
\nreporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Nunung said that his type 80 pole got broken and could not be
\nused anymore. He said he had been trying to get a new pole but
\ninstead he was given a type 77.<\/p>\n
\"I only had three months of preparation. My pole got broken
\nthree weeks ago. There was not much time to get a new one so I
\nhad to stick with this one,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Nunung had to be content with a 5.00-meter jump to win the
\ngold. His brother Saini grabbed a silver after he managed to jump
\n4.20 meters and Hendiarsin Oslan gave Central Kalimantan the
\nbronze with an equal mark, but Saini got over the height on his
\nfirst jump, while Oslan missed the first two attempts and settled
\nfor bronze.<\/p>\n
Achmed Sakeh ran the 200 in 21.00 seconds to win gold, leaving
\nbehind Papua's John Murray in 21.21 seconds and West Nusa
\nTenggara's Kurais in 21.59 seconds.<\/p>\n
Central Java's other gold was contributed by Mujianto who won
\nthe men's 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9 minutes 23.07 seconds.<\/p>\n
The West Java duo of Abdulmanan and Fathurrohman finished in
\nsecond and third with times of 9:29.15 and 9:37.73, respectively.<\/p>\n
In the other events, Deysi Sumigar of North Sulawesi beat
\nrecord holder Irene Truitje Joseph to win the women's 200 meters.
\nDesy clocked a time of 24.30 seconds.<\/p>\n
Irene ran 24.87 seconds, which was far from her own personal
\nbest of 23.86, which she ran in Brunei 1999. Yulia Novita took
\nthe bronze in 25.37 seconds.<\/p>\n
Edwin Patileamonia of West Kalimantan triumphed in the men's
\n800-meter run with a time of 1 minute 52.83 while East Java's
\nEster Sumah won in the women's category in 2 minutes 12.16
\nseconds.<\/p>\n
Ong Kok Hin of South Sumatra won men's hammer throw in 52.16
\nmeters.<\/p>",
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