Pencak silat athletes save RI pride<\/p>\n
By Novan Iman Santosa<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (JP): Pencak silat athletes salvaged some
\nIndonesian pride at the SEA Games after winning four golds on
\nFriday as the two-horse race between Malaysia and Thailand
\nintensified.<\/p>\n
Bambang Priwahyudi, Tuti Winarni, Dwi Shimanto and the pairing
\nof Yusuf Hidayat\/Asep Solihin gave some consolation to Indonesia,
\nwhich looks destined to end up in the third position in the
\noverall championship stakes.<\/p>\n
With three days to go, Indonesia is stuck in a distant third
\nposition with only 51 golds. The defending champion is steadily
\nmoving up the ladder with 69 golds compared to Malaysia's 73.<\/p>\n
Apart from pencak silat, a traditional form of martial art
\npopular in the Southeast Asian nations, cycling, judo and
\nshooting were the only other two sports that produced gold for
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
The cycling arena has become the gold mine for the Indonesian
\ncontingent. After a nine-gold collection from the track, the team
\nreaped another two from the mountain bike event in Selangor on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
Risa Suseanty won the women's 1.5km Down Hill in three minutes
\nand 50.59 seconds. She beat Thailand's Kanittha Pratom to second
\nplace on 3:52.36 seconds, while Vietnam's Thi Thuy Trang finished
\nthird on 3:58.38 seconds.<\/p>\n
Her male compatriot Sugianto Setiawan covered the 1.5 km route
\nin 3 minutes and 10.20 seconds, to leave behind the Thai duo of
\nSitichai Gatekaewmanee on 3:11.65 and Nutawut Patihan on 3:21.51.<\/p>\n
Dwi Simanto put up a brave fight against Manop Leewat Janakl
\nof Thailand to win the middleweight final for the team's second
\ngold at the meet.<\/p>\n
The shooting range yielded another gold for Indonesia from the
\nteam double trap competition.<\/p>\n
Indonesian archer Kuswantoro failed to make the SEA Games a
\ndouble success after being narrowly pipped by Parawit Poliunoleed
\nof Thailand 108-107 in the men's individual.<\/p>\n
Contests in the track and field and inside the weightlifting
\nhall ended up with only a silver. Sylvia Silimang added the tally
\nwith a silver in the women's individual double trap.<\/p>\n
Ong Kok Hin in the men's hammer throw, Darimah in women's
\ndiscuss and Supriati Sutono in 1,500 meters took to the field
\nwith high hopes only to find themselves second-bested at the end.<\/p>\n
Likewise, Joko Hanggono could only win a silver for the
\nweightlifting team. But unlike their athletics compatriots, the
\nlifters should come back home with their heads held high.<\/p>\n
Joko's silver was only an extra medal to their collection
\nwhich already consists of six golds.<\/p>\n
In the ring, Thai boxers showed their invincibility. After
\nwinning all five bouts in the first semifinal stage on Thursday,
\nthey won another six ties on Friday.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has only two boxers left in the final, Bonyx Yusak
\nSaweho and Albert Papilaya. Other finalists will be six from
\nMalaysia, two from the Philippines and one from Laos. The final
\nbouts are to be staged on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian badminton squad is assured of another two golds
\nafter it managed to make all-Indonesian finals in the men's and
\nmixed doubles. However, the men's singles title will surely go
\nelsewhere as Ronny Agustinus and Marlev Mainaky failed to
\nadvance.<\/p>",
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