Two weight lifting records shattered
Two weight lifting records shattered
JAKARTA (JP): Two national clean and jerk record were shattered by their holders yesterday at the national weight lifting, power lifting and bodybuilding championships at Hall B Senayan.
Supeni, silver medalist at the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, bested her old mark of 105.5 kilograms to 106kg in the women's 54kg event. Her snatch lifting, 82.5kg, brought her total lifting to 188.5kg.
Winarni totaled 165kg for the silver, followed by Tanti with 157.5kg.
Sri Indriyani was the other record breaker yesterday when she improved her own mark of 91kg by 1.5kg in the women's 46kg division. She then snatched 65kg for a total lift of 162.5.
Both Supeni and Sri set their old records last October during a national selection for the 18th SEA Games in Gajah Sena, Bogor.
The other event contested yesterday, the women's 50kg, saw no record breaker.
The championships, which will run until Jan. 16, serve as a qualifying-round for the 14th National Games scheduled for Sept. 9 to Sept. 20.
Djoko Pramono, secretary-general of the Indonesian Weight lifting, Power lifting and Body building Association, told reporters that the national meet will also be used as a testing ground for eight male weightlifters who are preparing for the Olympic Games in Atlanta in July.
Djoko said that after the meet, the eight weighlifters would undergo their final test at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Yachio, Japan, in April, which will be the last qualifying round for the Summer Games.
The eight weightlifters in question are Hari Setiawan (54kg), Rusli (54kg), Supendi (54kg), Taufik (59kg), Sodikin (64kg), Yudhi Suhartono (64kg), Erwin (70kg), Lukman (76kg). Hari, Taufik, Sodikin and Lukman are Chiang Mai SEA Games gold medalists.
Indonesia has won four Olympic berths for Supendi (54kg), Rusli (54kg), Zulkarnaen (59kg) and Catur Mei Study (70kg) who ranked 18th, 23rd, 23rd and 22nd at the World Weightlifting Championships in Guangzhou, China, in November last year.
A country is entitled to an Olympic berth for each of its athletes who finished in the first 25th at the world meet. (arf)