Swimmers Azzahra And Izzy Open The Indonesian Medal Faucet At The Islamic Solidarity Games Konya

Indonesian swimmer Azzahra Permatahani (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Two Indonesian athletes Azzahra Permatahani and Izzy Dwifaiva Hefrisyanthi opened the medal faucet from the swimming sport after confirming bronze in their respective numbers in the Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) Konya 2021. Appearing at the Konya Olympic Swimming Pool, Turkey, Saturday local time, Azzahra finished third in the 200 meters individual medley with a time of 2 minutes 20.87 seconds. Quoted from Antara, Sunday, she was behind two swimmers from Turkey, Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes who won gold with a time of 2:15.92 minutes and Deniz Ertan who was in second place with 2:18.24 minutes. Meanwhile, Izzy also finished third in the women's 800 meters freestyle with 9 minutes 22.22 seconds. He lost to two host swimmers Merve Tuncel in first place with 8 minutes 40.14 seconds and Deniz Ertan who finished second with 8 minutes 46.44 seconds.

Overall, Indonesia fielded nine swimmers with details of five men and four women. From the men's sector, there are Aflah Fadlan Prawira, Joe Aditya Kurniawan, Farrel Armando Tangkas, Gagarin Nathaniel, and Erick Ahmad Fathoni. As for the women, apart from Azzahra and Izzy, there are Prada Hanan Farmadini and Angel Gabriella Yus. The swimming sport began to be contested at ISG 2021 on August 13 and ended on August 17. On the same day, Indonesia also won four gold from weightlifting. Three of them went through Rizki Juniansyah, who fell in the 73kg class with a snatch of 150kg, clean and jerk with 190kg, and a total lift of 340kg.

Another gold was won by female lifter Tsabitha Alfiah Ramadhani who fell in the 64kg class after the 98kg snatch made her the best. He also won bronze in the clean and jerk class with 116kg. So that Tsabitha's total force was 214kg which earned her a silver medal. In the men's 81kg class, Rahmat Erwin Abdullah contributed two silver medals in the clean and jerk class with 197kg and a total of 355kg. While the snatch at 158kg which puts it in fourth position.

With the addition of these medals, the Indonesian contingent for a while until Sunday at 08:30 WIB is in sixth place by collecting 12 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze. Meanwhile, Turkey is getting stronger at the top of the standings with 60 gold, 59 silver, 50 bronze. Iran below with 27 gold, 23 silver, 23 bronze). Then followed by Uzbekistan (20 gold, 17 silver, 26 bronze), Azerbaijan (13 gold, 14 silver, 15 bronze, and Kazakhstan (13 gold, 9 silver, 21 bronze). .