Ridwan wins Kapolri Cup but below best

JAKARTA (JP): Southeast Asian (SEA) Games marksman Ridwan Gunawan failed to equal his personal best at the seventh Kapolri Cup and 1997 Bhayangkara Cup at the Senayan Shooting Range yesterday.

Despite winning the gold medal, Ridwan, who competed for the Bimantara club, scored 1,110 in the men's small bore free rifle three position, well below his best of 1,133.

SEA Games sharpshooters Arie Setiamoko from the Timor club was second with 1,102 points, while Gatot Puspoyudo from Bimantara finished third with 1,087 points.

Indonesian shooters have to work harder to win gold in this event at the SEA Games because their scores were a long way off the Games record of 1,143, set by Filipino Emerito in 1991.

In the men's individual standard pistol, Siswanto from Bimantara won with 543 points, followed by Joko Wisunu from the Kartika club with 541 points and Alfian Sitompul from the Dewaruci club with 540 points.

Siswanto failed to equal the national record of 562, which Wisnu Suharyono set at the 1990 Asia championships in Beijing.

The SEA Games record of 573 belongs to Thailand's Peera P. who set it in 1991.

In the men's team standard pistol, the Kartika club took gold with 1596, a long way behind Thailand's 1991 SEA Games record of 1706.

The Kartika club, comprising national marksmen Hari Kiswanto, Mukroni and Joko Wisunu, was trailed by the Bimantara club, comprising Andi Hendrata, Siswanto and Hans Wibowo, with 1579.

The police squad of I Ketut Sudiana, I Made Bawa and Victor Pudjiadi was third with 1558.

So far, no shooters being groomed for the SEA Games have set any records. (yan)