The Indonesian Contingent Has Reached The Gold Medal Target At The 2023 Asian Para Games, This Is What The Menpora Said

The Indonesian contingent has reached the gold medal target at the 2023 Asian Para Games. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian contingent has met the gold medal target at the 2023 Asian Para Games. The Red and White team has so far collected 19 gold medals, 17 silver medals, and 26 bronze medals.

For this reason, it is known that the government, in this case the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora), has set a target to finish in the last 10 standings to bring 19 gold, 23 silver, and 25 bronze.

Currently, the Indonesian contingent is in seventh position in the standings for the 2022 Asian Para Games medals, Thursday, October 26, as reported by the official Asian Para Games website.

This position rose by one strip from Indonesia's position on Thursday afternoon, thanks to an additional gold medal contributed by the sport of the SH6 mixed doubles badminton.

In the final, the Rina Marlina/Subhan pair managed to overcome the resistance of deputy host Zeng Qingtao/Lin Shuangbao to seal the 21-17, 21-19 victory.

The badminton sport also contributed one other gold medal from the SL3-SU5 mixed doubles event, namely from the Leani Ratri Oktila/Himat Ramdani pair who won 21-7, 21-8 over the other Indonesian pair Khalimatus Sadiyah/Fredy Setiawan.

The achievement of the Indonesian contingent was appreciated by Menpora Dito Ariotedjo. He also thanked the athletes who had fought tremendously.

"I want to convey my first, appreciation, and also a lot of gratitude to all Indonesian contingents, athletes, officials, and coaches because today the acquisition is very significant," said Dito, as quoted by Antara.

Meanwhile, the host China is increasingly staying away from the pursuit of its competitors at the top of the standings with a collection of 157 gold medals, 128 silver medals, and 108 bronze medals.

The second place is still inhabited by Iran with 32 gold medals, 36 silver medals, and 28 bronze medals.

While the third place is also occupied by Japan with a collection of 30 gold medals, 33 silver medals, and 41 bronze medals.

Here are the top 10 of the 2022 Asian Para Games medal standings, Hangzhou, Thursday, 22.00 WIB:

China's Total1 bronze medal gold medal national number 157 128 108 3932 Iran 32 36 28 963 Japan 30 33 41 1044 South Korea 20 21 27 685 Uzbekistan 20 19 23 626 Thailand 20 18 37 757 Indonesia 19 26 628 India 18 41 829 Malaysia 7 13 3210 Kazakhstan 7 11 20 38