RI wins 10 more golds at Arafura Games
RI wins 10 more golds at Arafura Games
By Primastuti Handayani
DARWIN, Australia (JP): Indonesia won 10 golds and one bronze
on the seventh day of the Arafura Games, which end tonight.
Indonesia's gymnast starlet Helda Sulistina won her second
gold in the vault event yesterday at the Darwin High School
arena.
The 12-year-old Helda earned 8.675 points, followed by
Malaysian Yap Yee Yin with 8.450 points and Helda's senior
Nurfiana Akhmadi came third with 8.275 points.
"I'm satisfied with Helda's performance. She displayed good
maneuvers today despite her knee injury. It's her second
international experience and she has two golds already. That's a
good start for her. She's a very precious girl," Indonesia's
Russian coach Ioury Kouznetzov said.
Sherly Novitasari won gold on the floor where she performed
beautifully to collect 8.466 points. Malaysian Chang Zhi Wei came
second with 8.166 points and the Northern Territory's Julia
Hansen was third with 7.900.
The Northern Territory's Kate Lam took the gold on the uneven
bars with 7.999 while Victorians Ebony Keltie and Felicity West
took the silver and bronze respectively with 7.566 and 7.333
points.
Malsysia's Ooi Ling Sze took gold on the balance beam with
8.100 points while compatriot Chang Zhi Wei took silver with
8.000 and Stacey Weston bronze with 7.850 points.
National second and third string shuttlers made a clean sweep
in badminton at the Nightcliff High School arena to add five
golds. Four of the matches were all-Indonesian-finals.
Hendrawan easily beat compatriot Nunung Subandoro 15-9, 15-3
in the men's singles.
Lydia Djaelawidjaja beat junior Yuli Marfuah 11-6, 11-1 in the
women's singles.
Mixed doubles pair Nonong DZ/Seng Kok Keong had no trouble
overcoming Carmelita/Rudy Wijaya 15-6, 15-3.
The women's pair of Nonong DZ/Carmelita were tested in the
first game but still beat the new partnership of Lydia/Yuli 17-
14. They won the second set 15-3.
In the non-all-Indonesian men's doubles final, Rudy/Seng had
to work hard to beat Singapore's Patrick Lau/Tan Sian Peng 6-15,
15-5, 15-5.
Softball
Indonesia's women's team plays Chinese Taipei in today's
softball finals after beating the Northern Territory 2-0 at the
Gardens Oval.
Carrin Garimurti scored in the third innings.
Teammate Teti Widawati hit another in the fifth innings.
The men's team beat Brunei Darussalam in a game where both
teams started nervously with no score until the third innings.
In the fourth innings, captain Tony Pratono, Djuhari and Hardi
Purnama returned to the home base for three runs, thanks to Dondi
Apriliandi's hard hit.
Lukmanul Hakim added another in the fifth innings while Edi
Zubaedi, Rafli Mustafa and Dondy added three more to complete
Indonesia's victory.
Indonesia play the Northern Territory in today's final which
is the last gold on offer.
Indonesian boxers won three more golds at the Italian Club in
the Marrara Sports Complex.
Damianus Jordan beat South Africa's Ransxa with a technical
knockout in the second round of the 48-kilogram class final.
Wilpare Jamhur beat Ricarte Mancano of Mindanao, the
Phillipines, 5-0 in the 60-kilogram class, while Meckzon
Barataman beat New Zealand's David Blair 5-0 in the 63.5-kilogram
class.