Sunaryo sets hat trick as Lampung lifters reign
Sunaryo sets hat trick as Lampung lifters reign
JAKARTA (JP): Sunaryo of Jambi broke three records at the end of the national weight lifting championships here yesterday, but Lampung remained the country's strongest powerhouse of the muscular sport.
Competing in the 108-kilogram division, Sunaryo set new records in the snatch, clean and jerk and total weight categories. There were four records shattered at the conclusion of the four-day meet, taking the tally of new national marks to seven.
Sunaryo snatched 137.5kg to smash the old record of 130.5 set by Junaidi of West Java during a national selection for the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, last December.
In the clean and jerk event, Sunaryo lifted 177.5kg to beat Adi Chondro's two-year-old mark set in the 1993 National Games by 2.5 kilograms.
Sunaryo's two record-breaking lifts led him to a new total record of 315kg, which is 10kg better than Adi's gold medal winning mark in the 1993 National Games.
Mahfud of East Java lengthened the list of record breakers with his brilliant performance in the men's over-108kg category.
Lifting 170 kilograms, Mahfud rewrote the old national clean and jerk record of 167.5kg established by I Nyoman Ari of Bali in the 1993 National Games here. Mahfud's total lifting, 302.5kg, was 2.5kg lighter than his own national record he totaled in the Games.
The weight lifting contest is part of the national weight lifting, power lifting and bodybuilding championships which serve as a qualifying round for the 14th National Games, scheduled here in September.
Sunaryo's victory took his team's medal collection to six golds and a bronze to stay a distant third behind runaway leader Lampung which romped home with 18 golds, eight silvers and six bronzes. West Java came second with 14 golds, seven silvers and 10 bronzes.
Soesilo Soedarman, chairman of the Indonesian Weight lifting, Power lifting and Bodybuilding Association, yesterday expressed his delight that the record breakers were mostly junior lifters.
"Isn't it encouraging? These results reflect a good training and regeneration system," said Soedarman, who is also Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security.
The weight lifting contest was directly continued with the power lifting meet yesterday. The bodybuilding contest will run tomorrow. (arf)
Medals tally
G S B Lampung 18 8 6 West Java 14 7 10 Jambi 6 0 1 East Java 3 7 9 South Sulawesi 3 3 1 West Kalimantan 3 0 0 South Sumatra 1 2 0 East Kalimantan 1 1 0 Jakarta 0 6 1 South Kalimantan 0 5 0 Bali 0 4 3