No more gold medals were bagged by the Indonesian karate squad on the last day of competition for martial arts at the 25th SEA Games in Laos on Saturday.
Gold-medal hopeful Donny Darmawan was only able to add another bronze after losing to Laotian Xaysavath in the semifinal at the Chao Anouvong Gymnasium in Vientiane.
In the women’s competition, Martinel Prihastuti had to settle for the silver after a defeat at the hands of Vu Thi Nguyen An of Vietnam in the final.
"We feel the referee’s judgment calls were quite poor, especially during Donny’s match against a fighter from the host country," karate team manager Djafar Djantang said Saturday.
"There were points awarded to the Laotian fighter, although he did not score them. I believe if the referee had scored the bout fairly, Donny would have advanced [to the final]," Djafar said.
Overall, the 17-member karate squad picked up three gold, three silver and six bronze medals.
Meanwhile, the tae kwon do squad also ended their competition Saturday, with Fransiska Valentina adding a solitary silver medal to the team’s takings. The tae kwon do squad collected a total of one gold, three silver and six bronze medals.
"We are disappointed as we have missed our target of winning three gold medals. We did not expect such strong competition from the Filipino and Thai teams," Joseph Hungan, the tae kwon do team manager, said.
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