Reynaldi snatches, cleans and jerks way to podium
Reynaldi snatches, cleans and jerks way to podium
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Cebu City, the Philippines
The Indonesian weightlifting team's many newcomers have likely
taken home some valuable experience from the 23rd Southeast Asian
(SEA) Games, but not much hardware, however Reynaldi Saenal
finished a respectable second place.
Competing in the men's 105-kilogram class on Saturday,
Reynaldi managed to lift 148 kilograms (kg) in the snatch and 188
kg in the clean and jerk. His 336 kg total was good enough for
silver, his first ever medal in the SEA Games.
The gold went to Thailand's Suthipon Natthanakasimam with a
total of 346 kg (156 kg snatch, 190 kg clean and jerk). Filipino
Renante de Briones placed third with a total of 323 kg (145 kg
snatch, 178 kg clean and jerk).
"This is good for Reynaldi as it is his first performance at
the SEA Games," team manager Sonny Lumban Tobing said.
Sonny added that Reynaldi had a chance to win if only he had
been more relaxed in his second attempt to lift 199 kg in the
clean and jerk. "He nearly got it, but his feet were still moving
so his lift was disallowed (by the referee)."
Two other Indonesian rookies, Bayu and Beti Feriyani, also
competed well on Saturday, but with little to show for their
efforts.
Seventeen-year-old Bayu, competing in the men's 94-kg class,
failed on all three attempts at 180 kg in the clean and jerk,
which could have put him on the podium. Previously, he had
snatched 151 kg.
Thailand's Khunchai Nuchpurn was crowned the champ in the 94-
kg division with a total lift of 343 kg, followed by Filipino
Alfonsito P. Aldenete with 307 kg and Vietnam's Vu Hong Phong at
295 kg.
Beti, 20, finished fourth in the women's 69-kg division,
trailing champion Prawina Thongsuk of Thailand, Myint Kyi of
Myanmar and Khuat Minh Hai of Vietnam.
Sonny reminded reporters of the two lifters' inexperience and
lack of confidence.
"It was Bayu's first international event and he might've been
nervous," he said. "While Beti is also still young and it was her
first international event as well."
Indonesia's weighlifting team still has two individual
champions out of the 10 divisions so far in these Games and aims
for another gold.