Acehnese wrap up victorious run
Acehnese wrap up victorious run
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Palembang
The Acehnese weightlifting squad rounded off their competition
with an impressive performance, setting new National Games
records in their haul of two golds here on Monday.
Yudi Suhartono triumphed in the men's 94-kilogram division in
which he shattered the old marks in the snatch, clean-and-jerk,
and total lift.
The old marks of 130 kilograms in the snatch, 170.5 kilograms
in the clean-and-jerk and 300.5 kilograms in total -- which were
registered by fellow Acehnese Tarso in 2000 -- were raised to 140
kilograms, 185 kilograms and 325 kilograms respectively.
Tarso also displayed an outstanding run on Monday. Now
competing in the men's 105-kilogram division, he bettered the old
national mark of 322 kilograms -- made by Junaedi of West Java in
2000 -- to 345 kilograms.
En route to his victory, he also broke the national record of
148 kilograms in the snatch and 180.5 kilograms in the
clean-and-jerk to new lifts of 155 kilograms and 190 kilograms
respectively.
The double victory put Aceh in second place behind Lampung,
which topped the table with five of 15 golds on offer in the
weightlifting competition.
The remaining eight were distributed one apiece to Bali,
Jambi, Papua, Riau, South Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, South
Sulawesi and West Java. The latter two joined the gold winners
list on Monday.
For Yudi, his performance proved one step better than in 2000
when he won a silver for South Kalimantan.
"I was simply looking hard to secure a gold medal for Aceh.
Thank God... not only gold, but a new Games record was scored,"
said the silver medalist at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games.
National Sports Council (KONI) chairman Agum Gumelar witnessed
the competition at the UNSRI Sports Hall.
The wins were hailed by the Acehnese team with Rayuan Sukma,
the deputy chairman of the Aceh chapter of KONI announcing cash
bonuses for its successful athletes.
"Rp 40 million is allocated for a gold medalist. Some bonuses
will be given to those who can break records in the Games," he
said.
The silver in the men's 94-kilogram division went to Bahagia
Rumah Tangga of West Java with a total lift of 305 kilograms,
while the bronze was grabbed by Muslimim of East Java with a
total of 300 kilograms.
West Java and South Sulawesi took the remaining two on offer
in the day's competition.
In the men's 85 kilogram class, Sandow Weldemar Nasution of
West Java and Asep Rahmat Hidayat of Jakarta scored an equal lift
of 312.5 kilograms, but Sandow was awarded the gold given his
body weight of 77 kilograms compared to Asep's 83.
Kosmas Manik of Bengkulu had to settle for bronze, with a
total lift of 295 kilograms.
In the men's over-105-kilogram class, Reinaldi of South
Sulawesi proved the most powerful lifter with his total lift of
327.5 kilograms, five kilograms heavier than Sunaryo of Jambi and
Dedi Aprianto.
Sunaryo's body weight of 110 kilograms, compared to Dedi's 126
kilograms, decided who deserved the silver.