Patmawati, Winarni get Rp 50m bonus

Patmawati, Winarni get Rp 50m bonus

JAKARTA (JP): National Sports Council chairman Wismoyo
Arismunandar handed over Rp 50 million bonuses to weight lifters
Patmawati and Winarni after they won gold medals in the World
Weight lifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The bonuses consist of Rp 10 million cash and Rp 40 million in
insurance.

"I want to honor them by guaranteeing their futures because
the two athletes have made history. I don't want them to have a
miserable future," Wismoyo said at the handover, witnessed by
coach Imron Rosadi and the Indonesian Weight lifting, Power
lifting and Bodybuilding Association's secretary-general, Djoko
Pramono.

At the championships, which was staged from Dec. 6 to Dec. 12,
Winarni, who won a gold in the 19th SEA Games here in October,
won two golds in the 50 kgs division with a total lift of 185.0
kgs and her 105 kgs lift in the clean and jerk event. She also
won the bronze in the snatch event after lifting 80.0 kgs.

Patmawati, who failed in the Games, won golds in the 59 kg
division after lifting 97.5 kgs in the snatch event and 212.5 kgs
in the overall.

Wake up

"Patmawati was able to wake up from her failure in the SEA
Games and she had not become desperate about her career. It's
really amazing," Wismoyo said.

Sri Indriyani, the junior world champion, who only won a
bronze in the championships, said she was determined to improve
her form in the future.

"I didn't perform as well as my two friends and I realize that
my rivals in the championships are really strong, especially
those from China and India," she said.

Wismoyo also urged the athletes to practice harder for the
13th Asian Games in Bangkok next December.

"I hope you can achieve better than other countries' lifters
at the event," he said, as quoted by Antara. (yan)