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Indonesia still struggling in gold chase
Triyaningsihâs powerful run to reclaim her track-and-field supremacy failed to lift Indonesiaâs position in the provisional standings at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games as the Red-and-White delegation could only scratch four gold medals in total on Tuesday
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riyaningsih's powerful run to reclaim her track-and-field supremacy failed to lift Indonesia's position in the provisional standings at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games as the Red-and-White delegation could only scratch four gold medals in total on Tuesday.
Malaysia, on the other hand, scooped six golds to cling onto fourth position with four more gold than Indonesia's 17.
Singapore consolidated its top position with another 13 golds to make it 52 in total. Thailand overtook Vietnam in second position with 38 golds, five more than the latter.
For Indonesia, only the paddlers and equestrians could produce gold.
Triyaningsih took to the women's 5,000-meter run confidently, having won the event in 2007, 2009 and 2011 before losing in 2013 to Myanmar's Phyu War Thet.
On Tuesday, she scored the fastest time of 16 minutes and 6 seconds at the National Stadium to reclaim the gold, with Thet finishing in third place behind Triyaningsih's fellow Indonesian Rini Budiarti.
'At last I won it back. This is clearly the fruit of my hard training and confidence during the race,' the beaming Triyaningsih said.
However, her compatriot Agus Prayogo failed to make it double for Indonesia. He was 11 seconds behind Nguyen Van Lai, who finished in 14:04.82 minutes in the men's 5,000 meters. Thailand's Namkhet Sanchai won bronze.
After a lackluster performance on Monday, the Indonesian canoeing and kayaking team upped their challenge to end the competition with two gold medals in the Marina Channel with Spens Stuber Mehue winning the men's C1-200 meters and Gandie/Mugi Harjito prevailing in the men's K2-200 meters.
Indonesia's top dressage rider Gading Larasati claimed her second gold in the individual event at the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre. The 43-year-old finished with 147.8 percent on her trusty 17-year-old stallion Wallenstein 145, edging Singapore's Caroline Chew on Tribiani, while her teammate Menayang Alfaro, on Desperado, took the bronze.
The Indonesian U-23 team continued its winning run by beating the Philippines 2-0 with both goals scored by Evan Dimas Darmono in a Group A match at Jalan Besar Stadium.
Elsewhere, Indonesia's challenge for gold was made void.
The Indonesian men's tennis team was second best behind Thailand in the final at the Kallang Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Aditya Hari Sasongko put Indonesia in front after defeating Kittiphong Wachiramanowong 6-4, 7-4 in two hours and four minutes.
Christopher Benjamin Rungkat lost to Danai Udomchoke 0-6, 4-6. Thailand sealed the encounter in the doubles tie with twin brothers Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana overcoming Christopher/Sunu Wahyu Trijati 6-4, 6-4.
Not a single gold has been produced from the swimming pool as Indonesia's best swimmers I Gede Siman Sudartawa, Triady Fauzi and Glenn Victor Sutanto struggled to shake off their rivals' domination.
Glenn Victor and Triady trailed Joseph Schooling of Singapore in second and third with 52.9 seconds and 53.98 seconds in the men's 100-meter butterfly. Schooling broke his own Games record by scoring 52.13 seconds. His old record was 52.67 seconds in 2013.
With no swimmer able to conjure gold, doubts have begun to arise on whether Indonesia can meet the target of winning five golds, despite two days of the competition still remaining.
The subpar performance drew concern from Indonesian delegation official Suwarno. 'It's sad to see the results from our swimming team this year,' he said, blaming a lack of preparation and tryouts as the team's pitfalls.
