Papua Is The General Champion Of XX PON Tarung Degrees With 10 Medals, Athlete Paraded Team Manager

A number of Papuan fighting athletes paraded their team manager Fransiskus Pederikus after becoming the overall champion of XX Papua PON (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The manager of the Papuan host team, Fransiskus Pederikus, was paraded by athletes after Papua was crowned the overall champion of this branch at the XX Papua National Sports Week (PON) with a total of 10 medals consisting of four gold, three silver and three bronze, Tuesday.

Bali followed in second place with a collection of four gold, one silver and three bronze medals, followed by Aceh in third place with three gold, one silver and five bronze medals.

"Today Papua is the overall champion of fighting degrees, I hope Papua must move forward for PON XXI so that it can win the overall champion also in Aceh and Medan (North Sumatra)," said the Daily Chairman of the Executive Board of the Tarung Derajat Sports Family (PB Kodrat) Brigadier Police General Syamsul Bahri in Mimika, Tuesday, reported by Antara.

Papua won the gold medal after four of the seven male and female athletes won the Papua PON final which took place at the Eme Neme Yauware Multipurpose Building, Mimika, Papua.

In the first match in the 49.1-52 kilogram men's class, Immanuel Fakdawer won the gold medal after defeating the East Kalimantan athlete Marcel Ferdinoor.

Then in the 45.1-50 kilogram women's class, Beatriks Arwam won a gold medal after defeating Vinka Widyaningrum from Central Java.

Next, Akdamina S. Epa beat West Sumatran athlete Vebi Sesmita Husna in the women's class of 54.1-58 kilograms.

Finally, Robertus Asso won the gold medal after defeating Kandar Hasan from Aceh in the men's class of 70.1-75 kilograms.

The PON Papua competition was attended by 20 contingents, including the top 10, namely Papua, Bali, Aceh, West Kalimantan, West Java, North Sumatra, East Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, and Central Java.

The top 10 rankings on average get at least one gold medal, except for Central Java. Central Java's achievements in the Papua PON degree competition are three silver medals and four bronze medals.

Ranks 11-20 are occupied by South Sulawesi, West Sumatra, Lampung, Riau Islands, Jambi, Banten, DKI Jakarta, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, and Riau.

A total of 68 medals were up for grabs in the fighting degree, which consisted of 18 gold medals, 18 silver medals, and 32 bronze medals.