RI kayakers extend to shine in icy cold<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Hanoi<\/p>\n
With a number of high-ranking national sports officials in
\nattendance in the stands, Indonesia's rowers turned out more gold
\nmedal performances at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games here on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
Indonesia won four of eight gold medals on offer with Sarce
\nAronggear romping home with a double victory in the canoeing
\nfinals on the West Lake, where most of the athletes fell victim
\nto the lake's hard-blowing, chilly wind.<\/p>\n
Rivals Vietnam and Myanmar took two golds apiece.<\/p>\n
Sarce won the female singles' 500-meter kayak before winning
\nthe doubles with Suhartati. It was her third gold overall, after
\nTuesday's win.<\/p>\n
Sayadin also emerged as a triple gold medalist with a win in
\nthe men's doubles 500m kayak with his partner La Ode Hadi.<\/p>\n
Roinadi and Asnawir clinched Indonesia's fourth gold of the
\nday with victory in the men's doubles 500m canoe to give the team
\nan 12 gold overall. The rowing competition, which provides a
\ntotal of 27 gold medals, will enter the final matches in the
\ntraditional boat races four gold medals on offer.<\/p>\n
Taufik Kiemas and his entourage, which arrived on Wednesday,
\nwatched Thursday's races along with National Sports Council
\n(KONI) Chairman Agum Gumelar and other team officials led by
\nchef-de-mission Djoko Pramono.<\/p>\n
Sarce led from wire to wire and finished with a time 2:26.79
\nseconds, almost two seconds ahead of silver medalist Doan Thi
\nCach of Vietnam in 2:28.56 and bronze medal time of 2:39.00.<\/p>\n
With Suhartati, Sarce beat their opponents in the doubles 500m
\nevent in 2:25.64 followed by Khin Mar Thin and Thin Thin Oo of
\nMyanmar in 2:29.69 and Doan Thi Cach and Nguyen Thi Loan of
\nVietnam in 2:30.64.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian pair attributed their victory partly to their
\nknowledge of the course from the previous races.<\/p>\n
\"On Tuesday, we would have been beaten if they had not lost
\nbalance in the final meters. We were more alert today,\" Sarce
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Suhartati, who plans to retire after these Games due to her
\nfamily commitments, said that as soon as they pulled in front
\nthey switched to longer strokes with a constant speed, instead of
\nshort strokes with a risk of being capsized, to keep the boat
\nsteady on the rough water.<\/p>\n
\"The water was unusually rough today. The wind has been
\nblowing hard and the waves are higher than they were in the
\nprevious days. We were careful in the way we rowed today,\" she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
In the other races Indonesia had to be content with second
\nplace finishes.<\/p>\n
While he was successful with Sayadin in the doubles, La Ode
\nHadi had to be content with the silver in the men's singles' 500m
\nkayak.<\/p>\n
Indonesia also grabbed silver in the women's fours 500m kayak
\nfinal which was marred by the collapse of three Vietnamese rowers
\nand an Indonesian fainted, -- likely due to the onset of
\nhypothermia -- in the very cold, windy conditions.<\/p>\n
In the race, the Vietnamese boat capsized early in the race
\nand a late-arriving rescue craft caused three of the four rowers
\nfaint. One of the victims had to be admitted to a nearby
\nhospital's intensive care unit.<\/p>\n
Siti Aminah was the Indonesian victim of the unfriendly
\nweather at the end of the race. \"My legs were shivering
\nuncontrollably,\" she said after she had regained her composure.<\/p>",
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