S. Kalimantan inches closer to diving title<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Husaini Noor and Dwi Mariastuti joined forces to
\nassure South Kalimantan of the overall title in the national
\ndiving championships yesterday.<\/p>\n
With just four events remaining in the final day today, South
\nKalimantan took an assailable lead in the medal race with nine
\ngolds, eight silvers and three bronzes. Closest rival, Central
\nJava, lies a distant second with three golds and two silvers.<\/p>\n
Husaini and Mariastuti, both regular backbones of Indonesia's
\nSoutheast Asian Games, lived up to their status as the country's
\nbest divers when they shared the glory in the platform events.<\/p>\n
Husaini, 17, scored his career best score of 596.70 to win the
\nmen's open platform gold medal. The victory gives the 17-year-old
\nstudent his fifth gold of the competition, the most outstanding
\nmedal collection of the four-day championships.<\/p>\n
\"It's a deserving outcome of a long training program. The
\nsuccess gives me great confidence to perform better during the
\nSEA Games in December,\" Husaini said. He added that he is eying
\ntwo gold medals in platform and springboard in the upcoming SEA
\nGames in Chiang Mai, Thailand.<\/p>\n
The women's open platform gold medal went to old-crack
\nMariastuti, who has donned the national colors in international
\nevents for a record 14 years. She scored 397.05, to best her
\nstiffest rival and junior teammate Nani Suryani Wulansari of
\nCentral Java by 22.80 points.<\/p>\n
Nani made up for her loss with a gold in the platform Age
\nGroup A with 352.65 points. \"I feel great, but I think I need
\nmore lessons to beat my seasoned teammate,\" Nani, who won a
\nbronze in the 1993 SEA Games, said.<\/p>\n
East Java won its first gold medal of the championships
\nthrough Yulius Eko who triumphed in the men's springboard. M.
\nHasrullah of South Kalimantan took the silver, with Dedi Ibrahim
\nawarded the bronze. (amd)<\/p>",
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