Saptoyoga Wins Bronze In The 100-Meter Run At The Tokyo Paralympics

Saptoyoga won a bronze medal (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian para-athlete Saptoyoga Purnomo won a bronze medal in the 100-meter T37 Paralympics Tokyo 2020 event which took place at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, Friday, 19.25 local time.

Launching Antara, Saptoyoga was in third place with a time of 11.31 seconds.

The gold medal was won by an American athlete, Nick Mayhugh with a time of 10.95 seconds, while breaking his own record in the preliminary round with a time of 10.97 seconds.

While the silver medal was won by Andrei Vdovin (Russia) with a time of 11.18 seconds.

Saptoyoga previously advanced to the final after qualifying for Heat 1 with a top time record of 11.33 seconds, ahead of Vdovin (11.34 seconds).

The athlete from Banyumas, Central Java competed with seven sprinters in the final round, namely Andrei Vdovin (Russia), Gabriel Christian Luiz da Costa (Brazil), Nick Mayhugh (USA), Chermen Kobesov (Russia), Gomes de Mendonca (Brazil), Alnakhli (Saudi Arabia), and C du Toit (South Africa).

Chermen Kobesov (Russia) was ranked fourth with a time of 11.32 seconds, a slight difference from Saptoyoga.

Below him, Gomes (Brazil) 11.52 seconds, Alnakhli (Saudi Arabia) 11.53 seconds, Gabriel Christian (Brazil) 11.55 seconds, and C du Toit (South Africa) with a time of 11.63 seconds.

In addition to the 100 meters, the 23-year-old athlete also took part in the 200 meters T37 at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

With the medals won by Saptoyoga, Indonesia has now collected two medals. Previously, Ni Nengah Widiasih from the women's 41 kg para-powerlifting branch managed to win a silver medal.

The collection of two medals puts Indonesia in 34th place in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medal standings, behind Latvia who won two silver medals.