S. Kalimantan maintains lead in diving c'ships

JAKARTA (JP): The mighty South Kalimantan team continued its winning run in the national diving championships yesterday when it snatched four more gold medals to perch clear on top of the standings.

Indonesian hopeful in the 18th Southeast Asian Games Husaini Noor led South Kalimantan's charge, adding two more golds to his personal tally of four and boosting his team medal collection to seven golds, six silvers and two bronzes.

Central Java's Nani Suryani Wulansari denied the all- conquering South Kalimantan a clean sweep when she triumphed in the springboard Age Group A with a total score of 439.10.

Nani also took a silver in the one-meter board to lift her team to the second spot at the expense of North Sumatra, which finished the second day of competition empty-handed.

Husaini notched an impressive win over the 1991 SEA Games gold medalist Temmy Kusuma of Jakarta in the one-meter board. Husaini scored 541.55 in his 11 attempts, outclassing his Jakarta rival by more than 20 points. Husaini's teammate Bahriansyah had to be content with the bronze.

Husaini grabbed his second gold of the day in the springboard Age Group A with 553.40. His fellow South Kalimantan Gatot Taruna confirmed his billing as a runner-up specialist in a score of 502.33. Gatot finished second behind determined Husaini twice on Wednesday.

SEA Games regular Dwi Mariastuti of South Kalimantan proved her status as the nation's best female diver by eclipsing Nani in the one-meter board. Dwi, two-time SEA Games champion, collected 402.80 to beat Nani for her only gold. (amd)