Four Indonesian fighters reach W. C'ships finals
Four Indonesian fighters reach W. C'ships finals
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia secured four final berths in the 2000
Pencak Silat World Championships after the national heroes and
heroines won their fights on Thursday at the Pencak Silat Center
in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, East Jakarta.
Abdul Karim had no difficulty defeating Khairul Almin bin
Pengiran Haji Mohammad of Brunei Darussalam 4-1 in the men's A
(45-50kgs) class. He will see Abang Erdie Fauzerul Abang Fauzan
of Malaysia, who beat Vigor Anot of the Philippines.
Samuel Mallo comfortably outclassed David Sebastian of France
5-0 in the J (90-95kgs) class semifinals. Samuel will face Zakri
bin Ibrahim of Malaysia, who defeated Michael Ring of Australia.
Other Indonesian semifinalists are in the women's division:
Septi Hariandja in the E (65-70) kgs class and Dwi Damayanti in
the F (70-75) kgs class.
Septi easily overcame Evangeline Caguiqoa of the Philippines
5-0 to ensure an encounter with Nguyet Minh of Vietnam, who
defeated Suryati Azlinda binte Jack of Malaysia 5-0.
Meanwhile Dwi eliminated Vietnamese Le Thi Hong Ngoan 5-0 to
challenge Malaysian Azlinda Binte Ahmad, who beat Nor Fadzillah
of Singapore 5-0.
Five Indonesian men's fighters managed to confirm their
tickets to the semifinals.
The country's backbone Abas Akbar defeated Dutch Roy E.
Josefzoon 4-1 in the D (60-65kgs) class. Abas is scheduled to
face Mohammad Noor Rafili of Singapore.
Competing in the E (65-70) kgs, Haris Nugroho overwhelmed
Nordin bin Atan of Malaysia 5-0 to set up a fight against Adula
Malee of Thailand, who beat Marc de Hoon of Belgium.
Fentje Roike Maengkom also easily beat Ronald Perena of
Thailand 5-0 in the F (70-75kgs) class. He will challenge Michael
Putz of Austria.
Rony Saifulah outclassed Swiss Pascal Stefenhofer 5-0 in the G
(75-80kgs) class to meet Nguyen Huu Long of Vietnam. Nguyen
defeated Abdul Kadir Ibrahim of Singapore.
Yamadi Putra also won his match against Arief Kozkoz of the
United Kingdom 5-0 in the I (85-90kgs) class. Yamadi will face
Martin Berrens of the Netherlands, who beat Fritel Frederick of
France 5-0.
Unfortunately, several Indonesian fighters had to bow out to
their opponents.
Lamech Manam was beaten by Mohammad Zulfikar Mohammad Ramli of
Singapore 0-5 in the C (55-60kgs) class while in the H (80-85kgs)
class, Sigit Infantoro had to bow out to Nguyen van Hung of
Vietnam 0-5.
Nelliana Esterlin Dumalang was beaten by Rina Jordana binte
Haji Adnan of Malaysia 5-0 in the women's A (45-50kgs) class
meanwhile Ika Lesmana succumbed to Nguyen Ngoc Anh of Vietnam 1-4
in the B (50-55kgs) class. (nvn)