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Lindswell ends up with silver
Indonesiaâs hopes for gold in the wushu competition crumbled after Lindswell could only grab silver at the Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium on Monday
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ndonesia's hopes for gold in the wushu competition crumbled after Lindswell could only grab silver at the Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium on Monday.
Lindswell scored 9.68 in tajijian in the morning and 9.69 in taijiquan in the afternoon. On both occasions, the Indonesian athlete trailed against eventual winner Yu Mengmeng of China, who registered the best score of 9.75. Ai Uchida of Japan finished in third place with 9.65 and 9.66 respectively.
'It's disappointing but that's the best I could do. Hopes were on gold. I did play well but I just fell short of perfection,' Lindswell said.
She said the pitfall was when she failed to synchronize her movements with the music.
However, the result was better than the last Asian Games when Lindswell failed to snatch a medal although she had at one stage been in the lead.
She rejected the idea that the gold expectations had been too much of a burden for her.
'No. not at all. I now need to improve for next time,' she said. The next event will be the world championship next year and 2015 SEA Games in Singapore.
Coach Eisen Gauw blamed the loss on subjective judgment, saying that Lindswell played more beautifully than the Chinese.
'We tried hard to do as well as possible by having a five-month outing in Beijing before the Games,' Esien said.
China swept both gold medals on offer on the day, with the other being delivered by Wang Di in the men's nanquan/nangun.
It was Indonesia's second silver in the wushu arena after Juwita Niza Wasni picked one up in the women's nando/nanguan on Saturday.
Indonesian delegation Chief de Mission Suwarno said he was content with the silver collection, given the fact that China was almost invincible in their traditional sport.
'You see China is very strong in the sport. Finishing second behind them, as the originators of the sport, is quite a good performance,' he said.
The wushu competition still has nine gold medals to play for, two on Tuesday and seven on Wednesday, but the Indonesian team will not be too hopeful about their prospects.
' JP/Musthofid
