C. Java rules in 1st leg of Track & Field Circuit

C. Java rules in 1st leg of Track & Field Circuit

JAKARTA (JP): Central Javan athletes dominated at the first leg of the Java-Bali Track and Field Circuit by romping home with five golds, seven silvers and seven bronzes at the Ngurah Rai Stadium in Denpasar, Bali yesterday.

The circuit, with four legs, now moves west to East Java, Central Java, West Java and Jakarta. The interval between each leg is about two weeks.

When the circuit reaches Madya Stadium in the capital, it will be an international track and field tournament and open to foreign participants.

Host Bali was second behind Central Java with five golds, four silver and four bronzes, Antara reported.

Jakarta came third with three golds, three silvers and four bronze medals.

On the first day of action, Central Java collected its golds through Wiji - the province's leading woman high-jumper, Ruwiyati, the 3,000m runner who clocked a time of 10,44.86 and Didik Siswanto in the discuss, who won with a 39.94 m toss.

On the second day, Central Java extended its lead by grabbing two more golds, earned by Sih Ernawati, the female long-jump champion who jumped 5.29 meters, and Feri Junaidi in the 10,000 meters, who came in at 33,40.81.

The first leg of the circuit was joined by 131 athletes (78 men and 53 women) from 17 teams including Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, West Nusa Tenggara, Jambi, the National Police, East Java, Yogyakarta, South Sumatra, Riau, Maluku, South Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, Central Kalimantan, Bali, and athletes who are being groomed at the national training center. (hdj)

Medals tally

Gold Silver Bronze 1 Central Java 5 7 2 2 Bali 5 4 4 3 Jakarta 3 3 3 4 East Java 2 2 3 5 North Sulawesi 2 - - 6 Maluku 1 2 - 7 National Police 1 1 1 8 West Java 1 - 1 9 Yogyakarta 1 - - 10 W Nusa Tenggara - 1 2 11 Jambi - 1 1 12 South Sulawesi - - 2