Failed At 500 Meters, Rowing Still Has A Chance To Win A Medal In Sprint Number

The rowing sport logo at the 2023 Asian Games. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian contingent athletes in rowing (sports), Riska Andriyani and Nur Meni have not gained maximum results when competing in the 500-meter double at the 2023 Asian Games. However, the hope for medals is considered still open in the 200-meter single and double sprints.

This optimism was directly revealed by the rowing sports coach, Andre Kraitor. This Russian man said Indonesia had a chance in the 200-meter sprint event which will be held on Tuesday, October 3 tomorrow at the Fuyang Water Sport Center, China by relying on speed.

"We still have chances in the two numbers (200 meters single and double)," said Andre Kraitor, quoted from an official statement on Monday, October 2.

"For the two numbers because this is a sprint number, there is no specific strategy. They have to fight and perform at the maximum speed," he continued.

Riska/Nur previously appeared in the double 500 meter number on Monday, October 2. However, the maximum efforts deployed have not been able to make them the fastest, Riska/Nur finally finished in sixth place with a time of 2 minutes 11.699 seconds.

Riska/Nur's hard struggle was appreciated by the coach, although in fact the coach said that the performance of Indonesian athletes was indeed influenced by wind factors.

This factor was also confirmed by Riska/Nur. According to them, the wind that is opposite the direction to the finish line has a major influence on their speed.

"Today we are actually allout, now we just have to prepare ourselves to be able to perform even better tomorrow. Especially now that the competition map has changed a lot, such as Iran, Kazakhstan, and Iran are showing significant developments," said Riska.