RI wins 10 more golds at Arafura Games<\/p>\n
By Primastuti Handayani<\/p>\n
DARWIN, Australia (JP): Indonesia won 10 golds and one bronze
\non the seventh day of the Arafura Games, which end tonight.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's gymnast starlet Helda Sulistina won her second
\ngold in the vault event yesterday at the Darwin High School
\narena.<\/p>\n
The 12-year-old Helda earned 8.675 points, followed by
\nMalaysian Yap Yee Yin with 8.450 points and Helda's senior
\nNurfiana Akhmadi came third with 8.275 points.<\/p>\n
\"I'm satisfied with Helda's performance. She displayed good
\nmaneuvers today despite her knee injury. It's her second
\ninternational experience and she has two golds already. That's a
\ngood start for her. She's a very precious girl,\" Indonesia's
\nRussian coach Ioury Kouznetzov said.<\/p>\n
Sherly Novitasari won gold on the floor where she performed
\nbeautifully to collect 8.466 points. Malaysian Chang Zhi Wei came
\nsecond with 8.166 points and the Northern Territory's Julia
\nHansen was third with 7.900.<\/p>\n
The Northern Territory's Kate Lam took the gold on the uneven
\nbars with 7.999 while Victorians Ebony Keltie and Felicity West
\ntook the silver and bronze respectively with 7.566 and 7.333
\npoints.<\/p>\n
Malsysia's Ooi Ling Sze took gold on the balance beam with
\n8.100 points while compatriot Chang Zhi Wei took silver with
\n8.000 and Stacey Weston bronze with 7.850 points.<\/p>\n
National second and third string shuttlers made a clean sweep
\nin badminton at the Nightcliff High School arena to add five
\ngolds. Four of the matches were all-Indonesian-finals.<\/p>\n
Hendrawan easily beat compatriot Nunung Subandoro 15-9, 15-3
\nin the men's singles.<\/p>\n
Lydia Djaelawidjaja beat junior Yuli Marfuah 11-6, 11-1 in the
\nwomen's singles.<\/p>\n
Mixed doubles pair Nonong DZ\/Seng Kok Keong had no trouble
\novercoming Carmelita\/Rudy Wijaya 15-6, 15-3.<\/p>\n
The women's pair of Nonong DZ\/Carmelita were tested in the
\nfirst game but still beat the new partnership of Lydia\/Yuli 17-
\n14. They won the second set 15-3.<\/p>\n
In the non-all-Indonesian men's doubles final, Rudy\/Seng had
\nto work hard to beat Singapore's Patrick Lau\/Tan Sian Peng 6-15,
\n15-5, 15-5.<\/p>\n
Softball<\/p>\n
Indonesia's women's team plays Chinese Taipei in today's
\nsoftball finals after beating the Northern Territory 2-0 at the
\nGardens Oval.<\/p>\n
Carrin Garimurti scored in the third innings.<\/p>\n
Teammate Teti Widawati hit another in the fifth innings.<\/p>\n
The men's team beat Brunei Darussalam in a game where both
\nteams started nervously with no score until the third innings.<\/p>\n
In the fourth innings, captain Tony Pratono, Djuhari and Hardi
\nPurnama returned to the home base for three runs, thanks to Dondi
\nApriliandi's hard hit.<\/p>\n
Lukmanul Hakim added another in the fifth innings while Edi
\nZubaedi, Rafli Mustafa and Dondy added three more to complete
\nIndonesia's victory.<\/p>\n
Indonesia play the Northern Territory in today's final which
\nis the last gold on offer.<\/p>\n
Indonesian boxers won three more golds at the Italian Club in
\nthe Marrara Sports Complex.<\/p>\n
Damianus Jordan beat South Africa's Ransxa with a technical
\nknockout in the second round of the 48-kilogram class final.<\/p>\n
Wilpare Jamhur beat Ricarte Mancano of Mindanao, the
\nPhillipines, 5-0 in the 60-kilogram class, while Meckzon
\nBarataman beat New Zealand's David Blair 5-0 in the 63.5-kilogram
\nclass.<\/p>",
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