Five golds for RI women in Tehran

Five golds for RI women in Tehran

TEHRAN: National athletes have taken five gold medals in
archery, karate and tae kwon do at the Fourth Women's Islamic
Games, with tennis promising another top podium finish on
Wednesday's final day.

Archery added another gold and silver in the team compound and
recurve categories on Wednesday following golds from Lilies
Handayani and Delly Threesyadina, silver from Suci Dwi Megasari
and bronze from Nurfitriyana.

Karate earlier contributed a gold and silver from the kata
division and team class. There was a gold from tae kwon do,
thanks to Rahadewinata in the flyweight class, and a silver from
Martina Navratilova in featherweight, Antara reported.

In tennis, national number two and second seed Wynne Prakusya
beat compatriot Septi Mende 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 to meet top seeded
Iranian Rezai Arghavan for gold in singles. The Iranian beat
Indonesian teenager Ayu Fani Damiyanti 6-3, 6-3.

Indonesia also meet Iran in the team final after thrashing
Kuwait without losing a game. -- JP