Lifter Lisa may compete in different weight at SEAG
Lifter Lisa may compete in different weight at SEAG
JAKARTA (JP): Olympics silver medalist women's weightlifter
Lisa Rumbewas will likely participate in the 53-kilogram instead
of the 48-kilogram weight division in the Southeast Asian (SEA)
Games in Kuala Lumpur in September.
The Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding
Association (PABBSI) official in charge of athletes development,
Steve Tengko, said on Tuesday that the division change would be
decided by Lisa's coach Lukman.
"Lukman will decide if Lisa is fit to participate in the 53-
kilogram division," he told reporters.
Steve said PABBSI was aiming to come home with five of 12
golds at stake at the Sept. 8 to Sept. 17 Games.
Lisa became the first Indonesian lifter to bring home the
Olympics silver after lifting 105.0kg in clean and jerk and
80.0kg in snatch for a total of 185.0kg.
Teammate Sri Indriyani earned the bronze in the same division
while Winarni took the bronze in the 53-kilogram.
Since early this year, Lukman had modified Lisa's training
program to allow her to compete in the 53-kilogram division.
However, Lisa performed poorly at the National Weightlifting
Invitation in January, which also served as the Games selection,
by lifting a total of 107.5kg in her new class.
Steve said Lisa would join the SEA Games nucleus team along
with Indriyani, Winarni and Tanti Pratiwi.
Tanti set a new national record in the 58-kilogram class after
lifting a total of 192.5kg. She managed to sharpen the national
record in clean and jerk by lifting 112.5kg, 7.5kg more than the
old record set by Patmawati.
"We are planning to select one more women's lifter for the 48-
kilogram division. We have already selected two candidates,
Rosmaniar and Tati," Steve said.
He also said PABBSI had selected four men's lifters for the
core team.
"We plan to call eight men's lifters to the team. We will
select two more lifters for the 62-kilogram division but we have
yet to decide on the other two," he said.
PABBSI would select three men's lifters -- Gustar, Zulkarnain
and Nursyanto -- for the 62-kilogram division.
Other weightlifters on the list are Yadi Setiadi and Herry
Setiawan (56-kilogram), Erwin Abdullah (77-kilogram) and Joko
Hanggono (+105-kilogram).
Erwin improved his own national record of 142.5kg in snatch by
lifting 143kg in June's event. He also broke his clean and jerk
record from 185.0kg to 185.5kg, and created a new national
record, under his name, from 327.5kg to 328.5kg.
Yadi won three golds in the second Asian Youth Weightlifting
Championships last November in the snatch, clean and jerk, and
total, and sharpened three records originally set up by Yang
Jian-gun of Chinese Taipei.
Joko, the 2000 National Games gold medalist, earned two
bronzes in the same event. He managed to set a new total lift
record of 336.0kg in June's tryouts.
"We are not putting too much hope on Joko as he'll be facing
strong contenders from Thailand who are very dominant in the
heavyweight division," Steve said.
He said Yadi and Lisa would also compete in the Asian
weightlifting championships from July 12 to July 17 in Chonju,
South Korea.
"Yadi and Lisa will fight for a berth to represent Asia in the
AEFRO intercontinental weightlifting championships to be held in
November in India." (ivy)