JAKARTA - Indonesia managed to add five tickets to qualify for the 2026 Asian Games on the second day of the 2026 Meishan World Climbing Asia Championship, so a total of eight tickets are in the grip.
In addition to getting five tickets for the four-year multi-branch sports festival in Asia, Indonesia also managed to secure one gold medal and one bronze medal from the tournament which took place on April 8-12, 2026.
One gold medal was secured by Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi in the women's speed event. He performed bravely in the big final with a time of 6.07 seconds to beat the host representative Zhou Yafei with a time of 6.47 seconds.
The bronze medal was won by the athlete who won the 2024 Olympic gold medal, Veddriq Leonardo. He won the small final with a time of 5.15 seconds to stop the host representative Ling Yongzhi who fell.
The results of Meishan made Desak and Veddriq also guaranteed to get tickets to appear at the 2026 Asian Games which is scheduled to take place from September 19 to October 4, 2026 in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan.
Indonesia also managed to pass three other names from the speed and boulder disciplines in accordance with the regulation of a maximum quota of two athletes per country for each gender. They are Aditya Tri Syahria, Berthdigna Devi Surya Kusuma, and Raviandi Ramadhan.
Aditya Tri Syahria in the men's speed ensured his qualification after finishing in sixth place. In the quarterfinal round, he recorded a time of 5.37 seconds when facing Veddriq, who managed to come out with a better time of 5.01 seconds.
Then Berthdigna from the women's speed secured fifth place after recording a time of 6.73 seconds in the quarterfinals against Desak Made who finished with a time of 6.48 seconds.
Meanwhile, Raviandi Ramadhan (men's boulder) successfully advanced to the semifinals. He ranked 22nd in the qualifiers with 69.4 points and ranked 11th in the semifinals with 49.9 points.
Thus, so far Indonesia has secured a total of eight tickets to the 2026 Asian Games with details of two male speed athletes, two female speed athletes, two male boulder athletes, one male lead athlete, one female lead athlete.
The 2026 Meishan Asian Climbing Championship still has races in the men's and women's lead events. Indonesia still has a great opportunity to add athletes to the 2026 Asian Games.
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