Add Gold And Bronze On Tuesday, The Indonesian Contingent Again Snatched In The 12th Position Of The 2023 Asian Games Medal Standings

Indonesian men's lifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah presented a gold medal for the Indonesian contingent at the 2023 Asian Games. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian contingent received two additional gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2023 Asian Games, Tuesday, October 3 yesterday. In total, the Red and White team has collected six gold, three silver, and 13 bronze.

This result places Indonesia ranked 12th in the medal standings after previously being one strip below it.

This is actually in accordance with the target of the government, in this case the Ministry of Youth and Sports. However, the current position is still far from safe, especially since the target of obtaining 12 gold medals at the Asian Games this time has only only been fulfilled by half.

Among Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia is still above Singapore (ranked 14), Malaysia (15), Vietnam (20), the Philippines (21), Brunei Darussalam ((31), or also Laos (33).

However, Indonesia's ranking is still far below Thailand, which is now ranked 7th with 10 gold, 11 silver, and 19 bronze.

In the overall standings, China's home team further showed their superiority in the top rankings with 161 gold, 90 silver, and 46 bronze.

Under China, two neighboring countries are competing very closely with Japan in second place with 33 gold, 47 silver, and 50 bronze medals, affixed by South Korea with 32 gold, 42 silver, and 65 bronze, as reported by Antara.

Donated Weightlifting And Rock Climbing

An additional four medals for the Indonesian contingent on Tuesday were presented from the weightlifting and rock climbing branches.

Indonesian lifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah presented a 73kg weightlifting gold medal after recording a total accumulated lift of 359 kilograms.

In the match held at the Xiaoshan Sports Center Gymnasium, Hangzhou, Rahmat recorded the best batch for a snatch weighing 158 kilograms, and the best lift clean and jerk weighing 201 kilograms.

Rahmat's clean and jerk force weighing 201 kilograms also broke the Asian Games record.

This is the first medal in weightlifting at the 2022 Asian Games, after previously other lifters from Indonesia failed to compete to win medals.

The silver medal fell to Wichuma Weeraphon from Thailand with a total force of 351 kilograms, while the bronze medal belonged to Kumthaek Oh from North Korea with the best total force of 334 kilograms.

From the rock climbing branch, Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi won the gold medal in the women's speed number for Indonesia in the match which took place at the Shaoxing Keihao Yangshan Sport Climbing Center.

Urging to have a tight final match against Deng Lijuan before recording a time of 6.364 seconds on track A, which beat 6.435 seconds belonging to the Asian record-holder Chinese representative.

Before undergoing the final round, Desak broke the Asian Games record after recording a time of 6,600 seconds in the qualifying round, beating Aries Susanti Rahayu's previous record of 7.61 seconds at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games.

In the same number, other Indonesian athletes Rajiah Sallsabillah secured a bronze medal with 6.879 seconds, beating another Chinese representative Niu Di who failed to finish the race.

Still from rock climbing, Indonesian athlete Veddriq Leonardo won a bronze medal in the men's speed number after passing a tight and drama-filled final at the Shaoxing Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Center.

Veddriq, who is the world record holder and Asia, recorded 4.955 seconds to beat Chinese representative Wu Peng (5.119 seconds) in the final for third place.

Veddriq's record also improves the Asian Games record which he set in the qualifying round of 4.978 seconds.

Another athlete from Indonesia, Kiromal Katibin died early after slipping in the quarter-finals and was unable to catch the seed Long Jinbao who almost broke the five-second limit, although it has not been able to match Veddriq's best record in Hangzhou.

Rowing Failed To Add Medal

From the rowing branch, the pair Riska Andriyani and Nur Meni almost contributed a bronze medal for Indonesia from the women's double 200 meters rowing number. However, Riska and Nur had to settle for finishing in fourth place with a time of 48.347 seconds. They were 4.051 seconds adrift of the winner, namely the Chinese pair Wenjun Lin and Changwen Shuai.

The pair Wenjun/Changwen are entitled to a gold medal after posting the fastest time of 44,296 seconds. The silver medal belongs to the Kazakh pair Ulyana Kisseleva and badminton Torlolova with a time of 46,627 seconds, and the Uzbekistan pair Shokhsanam Sherzodova and Nilufar Zokirova with a time of 47.029 seconds to win bronze.

Previously, Riska finished ninth or final position in the women's singles rowing number of 200 meters, having recorded a time of 51.085 seconds, 3.462 seconds adrift of Chinese athlete Wenjun Lin, who won the number.

Lin won the gold medal with a time of 47.623 seconds. The silver medal belonged to Thai athlete Orasa Thiankathok with a time of 49.221 seconds, and the bronze medal fell into the hands of Kazakh athlete Shokhsanam Sherzodova with a time of 49.368 seconds.

Riska was the winner of the 200-meter singles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, while when they paired with Nur at the 2018 Asian Games in the 200-meter doubles, they won a bronze medal.

Meanwhile, at the Asian Games this time, the rowing sport failed to get a single medal.

Meanwhile, from the badminton branch which is also Indonesia's mainstay, the men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, the women's singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung and Putri Kusuma Wardhani, the women's doubles Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi and Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti, all advanced to the round of 16.

Ginting in the last 32 of the individual number beat Taiwanese player Wang Tzu Wei 21-16, 21-11, but was not followed by his colleague, Jonatan Christie, who was stopped by Chinese Taipei player Tien Chen 17-21, 17-21.

In the women's singles number, Gregoria beat Indian Asmita Chaliha 21-17, 21-16, while Putri beat Hong Kong players 21-11, 21-10.

In the women's doubles number, the Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi won 21-3, 21-7 over the Nepalese pair Rasila Maharjan/Anu Maya Rai, while the Apri/Fadia pair defeated the Hong Kong pair Lui Lok/Ng Wing Yung 21-14, 21-14.

The 19th Asian Games, which are attended by 12,500 athletes from 45 countries competing in the 40 sports, will end on Sunday, October 8.