RI lifters win 6 medals in Seoul

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian lifters chalked up a creditable showing in the just-concluded Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships in Seoul by grabbing three golds, one silver and two bronzes.

The results are all the more impressive given that Indonesia was represented by only three lifters at the five-day event which ended yesterday.

"The boys rose to the occasion splendidly," Budi Santoso, a top official of the Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association, stated yesterday.

On the second day of competition, Misdan Yunif won a silver medal and two bronzes in the 64-kg division. He snatched 117.5 kg for the silver. He won the bronzes for a 135 kg clean and jerk and a 252.5 kg total lift.

The Indonesian team is scheduled to return home tomorrow. (bas)