RI pulling away from Malaysia on medal table<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Hanoi<\/p>\n
The kayaking team proved themselves reliable on Thursday in
\nhelping the Indonesian squad maintain third place in the medal
\nstandings with 45 golds to widen the gap with fourth place rival
\nMalaysia, which has 37 golds currently at the 22nd Southeast
\nAsian (SEA) Games.<\/p>\n
The kayakers held off a tight challenge from the Vietnamese
\nand Myanmarese teams to bag four of eight gold medals on offer at
\ncold, windy West Lake. The victory contributed greatly to
\nIndonesia's collection of nine golds on the seventh day of the
\nbiennial event.<\/p>\n
The other five victories came in weightlifting, cycling, tae
\nkwon do and tennis, which delivered two.<\/p>\n
Frontrunner Vietnam kept its healthy medal lead ahead of
\nsecond place Thailand, thanks to the host team's gold rush in
\nswimming with six to add to its overall total of 106 gold medals.
\nVietnam's victory in women's soccer, a 2-1 defeat of Myanmar in
\nthe final, was celebrated by the home fans who poured into the
\nstreets all night to salute their soccer champions.<\/p>\n
Thailand romped home with six of 14 golds at stake from the
\ntrack meet, boosting its gold medal tally to 77.<\/p>\n
Indonesian kayaker Sarce Aronggear had back-to-back victories
\nin the female singles' 500m kayak and in the doubles with
\nSuhartati.<\/p>\n
Sugianto Setiawan rode to victory in the men's category as
\nIndonesia shared the two golds on offer in cycling with Vietnam
\ntaking the gold in the women's category of the 1.5km Mountain
\nBike competition.<\/p>\n
After earning two golds each in two consecutive days,
\nIndonesia ended the third day of the weightlifting competition
\nwith Yudi Suhartono on the top of the podium, while Thailand
\nbagged two victories.<\/p>\n
In Ho Chi Minh City, about 1,300 kilometers south of Hanoi,
\nSinta Berliana Herru proved she was still the best in the tae
\nkwon do women's welterweight division, while the tennis team,
\nwithout rising star Angelique Widjaja, showed they were still a
\npotent package.<\/p>\n
Wynne Prakusya lead her teammates to surprise their team
\nmanager by winning two gold medals.<\/p>\n
Teaming up with Maya Rosa, Wynne took her women's doubles
\nvictory medal by beating Napaporn Tongsalee and Suchanun
\nViratprasert of Thailand 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, before winning her second
\ngold pairing with Suwandi in the all-Indonesian mixed doubles
\nfinals over Hendri Pramono and Maya.<\/p>\n
With the men's tennis team already getting one gold, the team
\nnow has three, a feat team manager Kresno Merdiko had earlier
\nsaid it was beyond his expectations.<\/p>\n
\"With Angelique on the team we were optimistic that we could
\nwin three gold medals. But when she decided to pull out, we were
\njust hoping to make it to the finals,\" Merdiko told The Jakarta
\nPost.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile at the badminton venue, shuttler Sony Dwi Kuncoro
\nwill face Wong Choon Hann of Malaysia in Friday's final after
\ncrushing Roslin Hashim 15-8, 15-1, also of Malaysia. Wong used a
\nlot of energy in eliminating Indonesian-born Ronald Susilo of
\nSingapore 15-3, 7-15, 15-9, which may hamper his prospects
\nagainst Sony.<\/p>\n
In the men's doubles Alven Yulianto\/Luluk Hadiyanto will face
\nMalaysians Chew Choon Eng\/Chang Kim Wai in the final while the
\nmixed doubles team of Anggun Nugroho\/Enny Widyowati will battle
\nagainst Chew Choon Eng\/Chin Bei Hui of Malaysia.<\/p>\n
The penultimate day of the SEA Games will have some 50 gold
\nmedals up for grabs among about 20 sports.<\/p>",
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