East Java reigns supreme on national archery field
East Java reigns supreme on national archery field
JAKARTA (JP): East Java preserved its long-time supremacy in
archery at the National Games when it took two of the four gold
medals at stake yesterday.
Hariyono gave East Java its first gold of the day when he
scored 311 to win the men's 40m individual. West Java's
Suhendrawan finished second with 306, ahead of another East
Javanese, Hendra Setiawan, who scored 304.
East Java grabbed its second gold through Dwi Purwati, who
triumphed in the women's 50m individual with a total score of
279. Kusumawardhani of South Sulawesi, a member of Indonesia's
silver medal-winning trio in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, had to be
content with the silver after she scored 276. The bronze went to
Dwi Novita of Central Kalimantan, who scored 271.
Kusumawardhani made up for her 50m loss with a victory in the
shorter distance event, the 40m. She topped the standings with
306 points ahead of South Kalimantan's Taufik Safarni and Sri
Handayani of Central Java, who were tied at 303.
Host Jakarta clinched the 50m title through Ditto Rembrant,
who won a close battle with teammate Wahyu Hidayat and East
Java's Hariyono. Ditto scored 289, a mere point better than both
Wahyu and Hariyono, who took the silver and bronze respectively.
Wahyu was awarded the silver for scoring more 10s than Hariyono.
Water skiing
East Java also ruled the waves of Sunter lake, the venue for
water skiing, by sweeping all but one medal on offer in
yesterday's action.
The women's show jumping contest fully belonged to East Java.
The province's best skier, Nunik Murdianti, took the gold with a
leap of 24.7 meters, much farther than her teammates Baiq
Herawati and Baiq Yolandasari, who jumped 19.5m and 17.32m
respectively.
The only medal missing from East Java's coffer was the overall
bronze. Nunik came out the overall winner with a score of 2,771,
followed by teammate Herawati, who finished a distant second with
2,296. Ana Subandi of Bali denied East Java its medal sweeping
attempt by scoring 1,711 for the bronze.
Wrestling
On the wrestling mat, South Kalimantan's Zulhaidir and
Novrizal, who are brothers, won their respective freestyle duels
yesterday to take the province's gold medal haul from the sport
to three.
Zulhaidir threw down Deddy Zulkifli of East Kalimantan in
their 57kg contest, while Novrizal overpowered Asep Sianturi of
West Java to clinch the 68kg title.
Central Kalimantan also scooped its third gold from wrestling
when Wahono triumphed in the 48kg division. The remaining two
gold medals of the day went to North Sumatra's Joshua Sumirat,
who was victorious in the 82kg category, and Yanca Sada of Irian
Jaya, the champion in the 100kg class.
Wrestling offers 20 golds in this year's Games, 10 come in the
already concluded Greco-Roman brawling style and the rest in
freestyle.
Five more golds will be up for grabs in wrestling as the
sport's medal race comes to an end today.
When it comes to shooting, Jakarta is beyond comparison. The
host team continued its winning streak yesterday, grabbing one
more gold from the women's smallbore standard rifle event to
bring the tally of its golds to 14.
It was also an all-Jakartan affair, as all three medals went
to home shooters. Yuniarti secured the gold with a score of
664.5, just half a point better than her runner-up, Laksmi.
Aurora Maris, who won the air rifle gold in a new national mark,
managed only the bronze, with 631.5. (amd)