JAKARTA - Japan came out as the overall champion with a total of seven gold medals at the 2025 Asian Budget Championships in Nusa Dua, Bali.
"We have concentrated since the beginning of the match and are very happy with this result," said Japanese men's team floating fencer Kyosuke Matsuyama in Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, Bali, Sunday.
According to him, the victory at the same time reclaimed the overall title previously won at the same event in 2023 Wuxi, China.
The country of the Rising Sun also collected a total of two silver medals and three bronze medals, bringing the total to 12 medals.
Meanwhile, the second position was won by China with two gold, silver and bronze medals (4) so that the total reached 11 medals.
Then in third place filled with South Korea got two gold, silver and bronze medals (2) for a total of seven medals.
In fourth place is Hong Kong, which won one gold and four bronze medals and in fifth position Singapore won one silver and one bronze.
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Meanwhile, the host Indonesia did not get a medal at the event.
Indonesia has deployed a total of 25 athletes from the national selection and has undergone a national training camp to compete in the 2025 Asian Budget Championships.
Even without winning a medal, the Indonesian team hopes that the event will increase the flight hours of Indonesian athletes.
The event in Bali is also a warm-up ahead of the Southeast Asian regional sporting event, the 2025 SEA Games in December in Bangkok, Thailand.
"Hopefully the SEA Games in Bangkok can achieve the target, get the best results," said the Indonesian DEgen special fencing coach, Muhammad Indra Haryana on the sidelines of the competition.
The 2025 Asian Budget Championship was attended by around 446 athletes from 28 countries from 30 countries in Asia who registered.
Kuwait became the last participating country after previously being canceled due to being affected by the war between Israel and Iran.
Meanwhile, two other countries canceled their appearance due to the impact of war, namely Iraq and Iran.
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