JAKARTA The Indonesian contingent failed to meet the target at the 2023 Asian Games Hangzhou, China. However, a number of Asian and world records were successfully broken by Red and White athletes.

In the four-year event, Indonesia finished 13th in the final standings for medals. The total Indonesian contingent brought home 7 gold medals, 11 silver medals, and 18 bronze medals.

This result missed the target of 8 to 12 gold medals and finished 12th in the final standings. However, Indonesia should be proud because several records have been made.

The first is a world record set by lifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah who fell at 73 kg men. He set a record for clean and jerk types with a lift of 201 kg. This force made him break the record for his own 200 kg in the World Weightlifting Championship 2022 Bogota Colombia.

Second, the record made Erwin break the men's 73 kg record for clean and jerk lifts at the Asian level. The total 201 kg lift broke the record for his own name with an lift of 200 kg in the 2022 World Weightlifting Championship, Bogota Colombia.

In addition to breaking Asian records, Erwin also set two records at the Asian Games in the same number and type of force. Starting from a clean and jerk lift with a 196 kg lift that broke the record on behalf of Weeraphon Wichuma from Thailand with an lift of 195 kg. Then Erwin again broke the record on his own name with an lift of 201 kg

Erwin also broke the record twice with a total force of 354 kg breaking the previous Weeraphon Wichuma record, which was a total lift of 351 kg at the 2022 Asian Games Hangzhou China. He then again broke the record on his own name with a total lift of 359 kg

Apart from Erwin, the Asian Games record was also made by rock climbing athletes Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi (Sport Climbing-Women's Speed) and Veddriq Leonardo (Sport Climbing-Men's Speed).

Desak twice broke the record. The first was during the qualifying round with a record time of 6,600 seconds breaking an old record on behalf of Aries Susanti Rahayu (Indonesia) which had a time of 7,612 seconds at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang Jakarta.

Meanwhile, the next record was set Desak in the semifinals. In this round he made a record of 6,522 seconds to break the record in his own name.

Veddriq also broke the record twice. First, during the qualifying round with a time of 4,978 seconds, Reza Alipour Shenazandi Fard (Iran) broke an old record with a time of 5,633 seconds at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta Palembang.

He then broke the record again in his own name in the bronze final with a time of 4,955 seconds.


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