Asian Games Standings 2023: Only Add Three Medals On The 12th Day, The Indonesian Contingent Drops To 13th Position

Karate contributed one bronze for the Indonesian contingent on the 12th day of the 2023 Asian Games. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian contingent has successfully added medals at the 2023 Asian Games. As of Thursday, October 5 at 22.00 WIB, there were a total of three additional medals.

The three medals consisted of two silver medals and one bronze medal. The addition of these three medals made the Indonesian contingent collect a total of 33 medals on the 12th day, the details were six gold medals, 10 silver medals and 17 bronze medals.

Two silver medals on Thursday were presented simultaneously by the male and female team's dragon boat sport.

Down in the 500 meters the two teams managed to come out as winners in second place.

The Indonesian women's team finished second after losing quickly to China while appearing at the WZ Dragon Boat Center. In their appearance in the final, the women's dragon boat team occupied line 4.

Efforts to become the fastest faced a tough challenge because the Indonesian team was flanked by the hosts, China and North Korea. However, Indonesia was able to finish the fight well because it came out as the second winner and won a silver medal.

This achievement became a significant record because at the 2018 Asian Games, when they hosted the 500-meter women's dragon boat team failed to win a medal.

The dragon boat men's team also did not want to lose offering to Indonesia. Dedi Saputra and the team who took part in the 500-meter number managed to finish the match in second place.

In the WZ Dragon Boat Center match, the men's team managed to record a time of 2 minutes 09.165 seconds. The record only lost 0.013 seconds to China, which was in first place.

In the final of the men's 500 meter dragon boat, Indonesia was on lane 4. The Red and White Team flanked by the hosts China and Thailand.

One bronze medal today was donated by Ignatius Joshua. Representing the sport of karate, Ignatius won a bronze medal after overthrowing the representative of karateka Filiphina, Alvin Batican.

Appearing at the Lingping Sports Center Gym-Karate, Ignatius won with a final score of 5-3 when he fell in the men's contest number 75 kg. This acquisition is also the first medal for karate.