Indonesia rules Singapore's waves

Indonesia rules Singapore's waves

JAKARTA (JP): The national scullers earned a morale-boosting
win ahead of the Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai when they
clinched victory in the Singapore international invitational
dragon boat race on Sunday.

The Indonesian men's rowers completed the 750-meter course in
three minutes and 14.28 seconds to beat New Zealand by 5.56
seconds. Host Singapore managed to gain third place in a time of
3:27.01.

Indonesia's winning streak continued in the women's event when
it gained a convincing one-two finish at the Sentosa regatta. The
Indonesia A team clocked 4:25.42 ahead of its compatriots in the
B team, who made it in 4:40.28 for second place.

Secretary-General of the Indonesian Rowing Association,
Budiman Setiawan, said the national men's team would now fly to
Hong Kong and to Yeu Yang, China, for other traditional boat race
tournaments, while the women's team would return home. (amd).