JAKARTA - Kickboxing athlete, Riyan Jefri Lumbanbatu, managed to add to Indonesia's gold medal collection at the 2025 SEA Games after he became the best in the K-1 60 kilogram men's class.
Riyan climbed to the highest podium at the John Paul II Sports Center, Assumption University, on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, after defeating the host representative of Thailand, Jakkrit Kongtook, in the final match for the gold medal.
This is the 61st gold medal that Indonesia has won in the biennial multi-sport event or the ninth in today's match. In addition, this is also the first gold from kickboxing.
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Meanwhile, the bronze medal from this number was won by Jomar Balangui from the Philippines and Hoang Gia Dai from Vietnam. Jomar lost to Riyan in the semifinals, while Hoang lost to Jakkrit.
Previously, eight additional golds for Indonesia were contributed by triathlon (three gold medals), rowing (two gold medals), shooting (one gold medal), chess (one gold medal), and weightlifting (one gold medal).
The number of gold medals won so far makes Indonesia temporarily strong in second place. Indonesia is further keeping the distance with Vietnam which occupies the third position with a difference of 20 gold medals.
With the gold medals that exist now, Indonesia is approaching the target of the desired gold medals from the biennial sports event, namely only 19 gold medals are needed to meet the target.
The first position remains the home of Thailand, which has collected 152 gold medals. The White Elephant country has also collected 92 silver medals and 64 bronze medals.
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