Jakarta (ANTARA) – The tough struggle of Indonesian athletes to win a place of honor at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, has colored the matches of this sporting event between Asian nations, which has now lasted for a week.
Unfortunately, all the efforts made by the Red and White throughout Sunday’s match did not achieve the expected results.
Among them, the weightlifting branch which was initially expected to provide additional medals to Indonesia apparently failed to achieve its medal target.
However, amid a streak of medals since yesterday, Indonesia finally managed to add a gold medal thanks to the BMX cycling racing branch.
It was Amellya Nur Sifa who, during the BMX cycling competition at the BMX course at Chun’an Jieshou Sports Center, won a gold medal for Indonesia.
Amelya recorded a time of 44.065 seconds in the first run, 43.290 seconds in the second run and 43.918 seconds in the third run.
Thus, the 20-year-old Indonesian athlete collected three points, two points and one point to bring her total to six points.
In this women’s BMX cycling competition, Indonesia also managed to win a bronze medal thanks to Jasmine Azzahra Setyobudi.
The silver medal in this competition was won by the host athlete, China, Quanquan Gu.
A gold and a bronze in the BMX cycling event were additional medals won by the Indonesian contingent when athletes from other branches failed to reach the podium.
In the overall medal standings for the 2022 Asian Games, Indonesia now has four gold, three silver and 11 bronze medals.
Amelya and Jasmine’s additional medals also moved Indonesia up to 10th place, after dropping to 13th place the day before.
In the weightlifting branch, Indonesian athlete Ricko Saputra failed to record his best performance in the women’s 61 kg category.
A palm injury prevented Ricko from reaching his full potential and was only ranked seventh.
His compatriot, senior weightlifter Eko Yuli Iriawan, also failed in the men’s 67kg category.
The holder of two silver and two bronze medals in different classes at the Olympics failed to perform three clean and jerk lifts in the men’s 67 kg category during the match held at the gymnasium from the Xiaoshan Sports Center.
Eko only managed a 145kg snatch on his second attempt.
In esports, Indonesia was also unable to medal as Indonesian team Peace of Elite only finished fourth.
In the final held at the China Hangzhou Esports Center FOP Arena on Sunday evening, the Indonesian team could only record a total time of 53 minutes 22.543 seconds.
The gold medal went to the Chinese team with a much better total time of 44 minutes 36.943 seconds.
Meanwhile, the silver medal went to the South Korean team with a total time of 50 minutes 5.039 seconds, and the bronze medal went to the Taiwan team with a time of 51 minutes 04.145 seconds.
Top China
Meanwhile, in the overall medal standings, host nation China still leads with 132 gold, 72 silver and 39 bronze.
Under him, a close competition occurred between South Korea and Japan who were trailing each other with a very tight medal gap.
On Sunday at 22:00 WIB, South Korea was in second place with 30 gold, 35 silver and 60 bronze, while Japan was in third place with 29 gold, 41 silver and 42 bronze. bronze.
Among the three giants of Asian sport, we find India which obtained 13 gold medals, 21 silver, 19 bronze and Uzbekistan (11-12-17).
Meanwhile, Thailand is the top Southeast Asian country in the medal standings.
Thailand is in sixth place with 10 gold, six silver and 14 bronze medals.
Among South Korea’s gold medals on Sunday was the women’s badminton team which caused a surprise by beating hosts China by a crushing score of 3-0.
World number one An Se Young took the first point for South Korea by beating top Chinese player Chen Yu Fei 21-12, 21-13.
This victory became a motivation for the next Korean players, namely women’s doubles Lee So-hee/Baik Ha-na who defeated world number one pair Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan 21-18, 21-14.
Kim Ga-eun’s women’s singles secured South Korea’s victory as they beat He Bing Jiao, ranked above her by the BWF, 23-21, 21-17.
The Chinese women’s team’s disappointment was finally assuaged when the host men’s team managed to win a gold medal even though they had to go through tough competition to beat India 3-2.
The Indonesian team in the men’s and women’s team events at this year’s Asian Games failed miserably after being eliminated in the quarter-finals.
In this branch of badminton, Indonesia is now looking forward to the individual number matches which will start on Monday (2/10).
Top-ranked Indonesian players in the BWF, such as men’s singles Anthony Ginting, Jonantan Cristie, men’s doubles Fajar/Rian, women’s singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung and women’s doubles Apriyani/Siti Fadia, will face tough challenges of from other Asian countries. which also field its best players.
Some Indonesian players will only compete on Tuesday because they received a bye in the first round.
This news was published on Antaranews.com with the title: Summary – Missed target in weightlifting, success in BMX bike racing
