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Myanmar surpassed by Thailand in medal tally
Four days after the opening ceremony of the 27th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in the new capital of Myanmar, Naypyitaw, competition among athletes is intensifying, with Thailand passing host Myanmar in the medal tally
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our days after the opening ceremony of the 27th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in the new capital of Myanmar, Naypyitaw, competition among athletes is intensifying, with Thailand passing host Myanmar in the medal tally.
Myanmar had been in the top spot since opening day of the competition, but it has since been outdone by Thailand, which garnered 33 gold, 30 silver and 30 bronze medals by the time Saturday's competitions finished.
Myanmar was relegated to second place (31, 29, 28) followed by Indonesia (30, 40, 34).
Indonesia won 10 gold medals on Saturday from six sports events topped by traditional martial art pencak silat and badminton, each contributing three gold medals.
The four other gold medals came from karate (1), swimming (1), chess (1) and cycling (1).
The three gold medals in badminton were delivered by Bellaetrix Manuputty in the women's singles, Angga Pratama/Ryan Agung Saputra in the men's doubles and Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto in the mixed doubles.
Meanwhile, Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka in the men's singles and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari/Greysia Polii in the women's doubles failed to deliver when they were defeated by their respective opponents.
Indonesian cyclist Hildan Afosma seized gold in the men's mountain bike 1.5 kilometer downhill event despite injuring his hip and left knee in training two days ago.
He clocked 2 minutes and 22,324 seconds on the downhill track at Mount Pleasant, Naypyitaw beating compatriot Purnomo, who grabbed the silver with 2:22,999. Suebsakun Sukchanya of Thailand took the bronze with 2:24,125.
Karate, in which Indonesia is targeting six gold medals, has given the country only two golds so far.
Jintar Simanjuntak, who competed in the kumite -60 kilogram event, snatched a second gold medal after beating Malaysia's Sharmemdran Raghonathan.
Donny Dharmawan grabbed the silver in the same event as did Cristo Mondolu in the men's individual kumite -75kg, while Indah Mogia Angkat won the bronze in the women's individual kumite -68kg.
Indonesian pencak silat fighters collected three gold medals on the second day of the competition at the Zayar Thiri Indoor Stadium in Naypyitaw.
Dewa Ayu Ari Partiwi won the women's artistic single while Gusti Ngurah Arya Yuda triumphed in the men's artistic single final.
The third gold medal was won in the men's artistic team event.
Saturday's results gave the team confidence about meeting its medal target. Coach Indra Catur said that they were only two gold medals away from the target.
'Tomorrow there will be five more golds up for grabs. Hopefully we can get at least five gold medals and become the overall champion,' he said, hoping that the athletes would continue their best performance.
Pointing to the karate competition where the Vietnamese and Indonesian teams fumed over alleged unfair refereeing, Indra hoped they would not experience such an incident in pencak silat.
'Yesterday, the host gained an unfair advantage [by referees in the karate event],' he said.
