RI extends its SEA Games lead<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Thailand and Malaysia sprinted away with the
\n19th SEA Games blue-ribbon events yesterday, but Indonesia
\nextended its commanding lead at the top of the medals table.<\/p>\n
Nine more Games records were broken, in the pool, on the track
\nand on the weight lifting stage.<\/p>\n
At the end of competition yesterday Indonesia had 64 golds, 30
\nsilvers and 40 bronzes. Thailand's provisional medals collection
\nclosed at 30 golds, 30 silvers and 32 silvers, ahead of Malaysia
\nwhich leapfrogged the Philippines with 17 golds, 20 silvers and
\n23 bronzes.<\/p>\n
Taking on the hostile crowd in addition to the other track
\nathletes, Thailand's Vissanu Sophanich and Malaysia's Shanti
\nGovindasamy both ran personal bests to win respectively the men's
\nand women's 100m.<\/p>\n
Indonesia did strike some gold on the track however, with
\nEster Sumah retaining the women's 800m and Games debutant
\nHendiarsin Oslan squeezing past Filipino Edward Lasquete to win
\nthe men's pole vault.<\/p>\n
The other track and field winners were Malaysian Nar Harbans
\nSingh in the men's 20km walk, Singapore's Tuck Yim Wong in the
\nmen's hammer and Malaysia's Ramachan Murusamy in the men's
\n10,000m.<\/p>\n
In the pool, the host also had a less successful day, winning
\nonly two of the seven golds on offer. Catherine Surya won the
\nwomen's 100m butterfly and the men touched first in the men's
\n4x100m relay.<\/p>\n
Other Indonesian success in the pool included the men's water
\npolo team, who won the silver, it's first SEA Games medal in ten
\nyears. Singapore took the gold in an event it has never lost in
\nat this level.<\/p>\n
Thailand won three more swimming golds yesterday, taking it to
\neight for the competition and three more than Indonesia<\/p>\n
Indonesia did win its expected victories in the men's and
\nwomen's badminton and men's tennis team events, but only the
\nwomen's badminton team performed up to scratch.<\/p>\n
The tennis team got off to a bad start when Suwandi lost in
\nthree sets to Warapol Thonkhumchoo. But Andrian steadied the ship
\nby beating Paradorn Sirichapan and doubles stars Bonit Wiryawan
\nand Sulistyo Wibowo gave the home team the title after a 10 year
\ngap by beating Paradorn and his younger brother Naratorn.<\/p>\n
The women's badminton team made mincemeat of their Thai
\nopponents, crushing them 5-0 but the men's match was different.<\/p>\n
World doubles champions Sigit Budiarto and Chandra Wijaya went
\ndown to Malaysia's Tan Kim Her and Rosman Razak, and Hariyanto
\nArbi was fortunate to beat Ong Ewe hock in three games. The other
\nmatches were easier and Indonesia eventually triumphed 4-1.<\/p>\n
Controversy once again dogged the gymnastics competition.
\nIndonesia's Jonathan Sianturi and Thailand's Amornthep Unchai
\nshared the all-around men's individual title but Indonesia argued
\nover the starting value of his routine on the high bar.<\/p>\n
The result was that Jonathan, who originally thought he was
\nsecond, was promoted to equal first.<\/p>\n
The soccer semifinalists were also determined. In tomorrow's
\nmatches Indonesia will play Singapore and Thailand will meet
\nVietnam. Security chiefs are worried about possible riots because
\nof such great demand for seats.<\/p>\n
Indonesian soccer authorities are predicting that upto 200,000
\nfans might try to get into the 120,000-capacity Senayan Stadium.<\/p>\n
The Games shooting competition moved into Jakarta and local
\nmarkswoman Herce Meiske Tumbuan, who only took up the sport a
\nyear ago, walked away with the running target title.<\/p>\n
A total of 63 golds are up for grabs in today's competition,
\nwith Chinese martial art wushu, swimming, track and field and
\nshooting offering the most medals.<\/p>\n
Today's highlight will probably be in the pool when
\nIndonesia's Richard Sam Bera defends the region's fastest swimmer
\ntitle in the men's 50m. (team)<\/p>",
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