Jakarta clinches overall cycling title
Jakarta clinches overall cycling title
JAKARTA (JP): National rider Herry Janto Setiawan scooped
three more gold medals yesterday in the invitational cycling
tournament here, leading Jakarta to the overall title in the two-
day meet.
Herry, a silver medalist in the 18th Southeast Asian Games last
year, wound up the day with a convincing win in the 30-kilometer
point race. No national records were broken however, despite the
incentive of Rp 1 million (US$435) offered by chairman of the
Indonesian Cycling Association Harry Sapto.
Earlier in the day, Herry inspired the three Setiawan brothers
to a pair of gold medals in the Olympic Sprint gold medal in one
minute and 7.09 seconds and the 4,000m Team Pursuit in a combined
time of 4:44.68.
The three successive victories yesterday took Herry's gold-
medal tally to five after winning the Individual Time Trial and
the Win and Out races on Friday. The multiple laurels earned him
the best male cyclist award of the annual event organized by the
Jakarta-based Sports Journalists Association.
A Herry-led Jakarta team collected five golds, four silvers
and a bronze to regain the overall title it last won two years
ago.
Defending champion Yogyakarta, powered by veterans Nurhayati
and her sister Nuraini, finished second overall with two golds,
followed by West Java which won a gold, three silvers and two
bronzes.
SEA Games gold medalist Nurhayati was named the best cyclist
in the women's category, thanks to her two victories in the
3,000m Individual Pursuit and the 500m Individual Time Trial.
"The results today did not surprise me because I knew I was
unchallenged in this tournament," Nurhayati said. The 26-year-old
cycling queen has now set her sights on a golden clean sweep in
the 14th National Games this September before retiring.
The men's sprint title went to West Javanese Andri Sudrajat,
who beat Malaysia's junior rider Jamil Kadiron in a photo finish.
Both cyclists clocked 11.73 seconds after a grueling race at the
Rawamangun velodrome in front of hundreds of spectators. (amd)