Indonesian Athletic Team Wins 2 Gold Medals And 2 Silver Medals In Singapore, Capital Towards SEA Games 2021

Indonesian athletic athlete, Emilia Nova, who is a mainstay at the 2021 SEA Games. (Photo: Instagram @emilianovanv)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian athletic team recorded brilliant results at the 82nd Singapore Open Track & Field Championships 2022. The Red and White squad won two gold medals and two silver medals in the event which was held at the Home of Athletics, Kallang Sports Center, Singapore.

On the last day, Sunday, April 17, the Red and White squad won one gold and silver. The gold medal was won by Valentin Vanesa Lonteng, who took part in the women's 100 meter run.

He became the fastest in the final round with a time of 11.77 seconds. Valentin beat the host's representative Veronica Shanti Pereira who was in second place with 11.93 seconds.

While the Filipino sprinter, Eloisa Luzon-Medina, finished third with 12.40 seconds.

After that, the Indonesian athletic team's medal coffers increased from the men's 4x100 meter relay number. Bayu Kertanegara, Eko Rimbawan, Wahyu, and Sudirman Hadi won silver medals after finishing the race by recording a time of 40.09 seconds.

They are behind representatives of Malaysia with the composition of Muhammad Azeem Mohd Fahmi, Jonathan Nyepa, Muhammad Zulfiqar Ismail, and Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi who finished first with 39.66 seconds.

While in third place was occupied by Singapore (Ian Koe, Joshua, Chua, Marc Brian, and Ho Ann Heng Xander) who finished with the same time as Indonesia, 40.09 seconds.

The day before, two Indonesian representatives also won medals. Emilia Nova took home the gold after being the best in the women's 100m hurdles with a time of 13.74 seconds.

Emil, as Emilia Nova is known, beat the Philippines representative Melissa Escoton who finished second with 13.96 seconds and the host athlete Kerstin Ong who finished third with 14.99 seconds.

It was the turn of the male athlete, Halomoan Edwin Binsar Simajuntak, who won the silver medal in the men's 400m hurdles after recording a time of 52.84 seconds. He was behind Singapore's Calvin Quek who won gold after posting 51.85 seconds.

While the third position is occupied by Fracis Medina from the Philippines with 53.20 seconds.

These two gold and two silver marks are important assets for the Indonesian athletic team in preparation for the SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 12-23. The Executive Board of the All-Indonesia Athletics Association (PB PASI) prepared 23 athletes for the Hanoi SEA Games, but only seven competed in Singapore because the discipline they were involved in was relatively fast in recovering.

At the 2019 Philippines SEA Games, Indonesia was fifth in the athletics medal tally with five gold, six silver and five bronze. Vietnam became the country with the most medals with 16 gold, 12 silver, 10 bronze.