Jakarta shines in the pool<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Elsa Manora Nasution of Jambi took her gold
\nmedal tally to 11, but this was still not enough to stop
\nJakarta's domination of the national age group invitational
\nchampionships which ended on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The gold medals gave Indonesia's Southeast Asian Games
\nmainstay Elsa the title of best swimmer in addition to her
\nvictories in the 200-meter butterfly and 800-meter freestyle in
\nthe final day of the three-day meet.<\/p>\n
Elsa won the 200m butterfly with the time of two minutes and
\n24.72 seconds, and the 800m freestyle in 9:37,22.<\/p>\n
Despite Elsa's convincing form, Jambi finished only fourth
\noverall. Jambi got all its gold medals from Elsa, and with its
\ntwo silvers and five bronzes, it was seven golds clear behind
\nCentral Java.<\/p>\n
Jakarta was the undisputed winner with a collection of 23
\ngolds, 16 silvers and 18 bronzes in the championships, which also
\nserved as a national selection for the ASEAN age group
\ncompetition in Bangkok next month and the Asia Pacific swimming
\nmeet in Pusan, South Korea this August.<\/p>\n
East Java<\/p>\n
East Java came a distant second with 18 golds, 29 silvers and
\n21 bronzes.<\/p>\n
Only three national records were broken at the swimming meet,
\nwith East Java's Steven Chandra the last one to set a new mark.
\nSteven splashed his way to a record breaking time of 2:12.47 in
\nthe age group II on Saturday, shaving 2.81 seconds off Ivan
\nSaad's eight-year-old mark.<\/p>\n
The swimming meet also saw a scanty number of participants, as
\nonly nine provinces fielded teams in the competition. Some
\nswimmers, including Elsa, won their golds without competition.<\/p>\n
Committee chairman Lukman Niode said that many swimmers failed
\nto take part in the championships due to the final school exams
\nnow still underway.<\/p>\n
Outstanding swimmers like Wisnu Wardana, Richard Sam Bera,
\nMetri Widya Pangestika, Olga Halim and Catherine Surya were among
\nthe major absentees. They are undergoing overseas training
\nstints.<\/p>\n
Medals table:<\/p>\n
G S B
\n Jakarta 23 16 18
\n East Java 18 29 21
\n Central Java 17 18 16
\n Jambi 11 2 5
\n West Java 7 8 8
\n Lampung 3 5 1
\n N. Sulawesi 2 1 2
\n S. Kalimantan 0 0 5<\/p>",
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