Indonesian rowers save energy for final berth

Indonesian rowers save energy for final berth

The Jakarta Post, Busan, South Korea

Indonesian rowers opted not to stretch their muscles at Monday's
heat races emphasizing that it was much better to secure a place
in the final stage first, rather than working hard in the
preliminary stages.

"This is part of our strategy not to waste our energy in the
earlier stages of the competition," team manager Rudy Susilo told
reporters while commenting on his rowers' performance in the race
along Busan's Nakdong river.

"It is enough for our rowers to finish second or even third to
enter the final race because there are repechage races to secure
our final berths."

Rudy, however, said he expected women's rower Pere Karoba to
work hard as she had a good chance of getting the bronze medal in
the women's single sculls event.

Pere clocked 8:19.42 behind Chinese Zhang Xiuyun, who made
8:9.32 in the event's first heat.

Indonesian men's lightweight four-oars rowers of Rodiaman,
Rahmat, Agus Budy Aji and Aldino Maryandi also finished second in
their heat with 6:18:76 behind Chinese quartet Sun Jian, Chen
Zheng, Wang Bo and Chi Huanqi, who clocked 6:13.52.

Also finishing second in the heat race were Muhammad Anwar and
Jamaluddin, who were competing in the men's lightweight double
scull event with 6:55.74 following the Japanese rowers of Takeda
Daisaku and Ura Kazushige, who finished first with 6:49.26.

Women's lightweight double sculls rowers Weni and Enggelina
Ohello earned their place in the repechage races after finishing
third with 8:33.65.

Meanwhile, Jamaluddin also had a chance of getting through to
the final although he finished fourth in the men's lightweight
single sculls clocking 7:32.91.

At Haeundae Beach, only men's beach volleyball players Agus
Salim and Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro of the Indonesia 1 team
chalked up victories while their compatriots had to succumb to
their respective opponents.

The Indonesia 1 team was forced to a rubber-set match against
host players Sim Yeon-sub and Lee Byoung-hee.

The Indonesians won the first set quite easily 21-15, but the
Koreans fought back in the second set and won 21-17 in a tight
match.

Another tight match was played in the decider before the
Indonesians won 22-20.

Earlier in the morning, the Indonesia 1 team defeated Kuwait
21-18, 21-15.

"We were just studying the Kuwaitis' play in the first set.
That's why we lost quite a lot of points," Agus told reporters
after the match.

Andy Ardiansyah and Supriadi, who make up the Indonesia 2
team, were no match for the China 1 team of Li Hua and Zhao
Chicheng, being defeated in straight sets 14-21, 18-21.

A similar result was also recorded by Indonesia's only women's
team of Siti Nurjanah and Ni Putu Timy Yudhani Rahayu, who lost
their first match to the Thailand 1 team of Pangka Manatsanan and
Arlaisuk Rattanaporn.

The Thais won 21-16, 21-16.