Indonesia is inches away from being named the overall champion of the 2017 ASEAN Para Games, having collected 109 gold medals, 64 silvers and 42 bronzes as of Friday evening — one day before the biennial event ends.

“God willing, Indonesia will emerge the overall champion,” the country’s chef-de-mission, Bayu Rahadian, told The Jakarta Post on Friday.

On the fruitful Friday, Indonesia took a strong lead against host Malaysia, which stands at second place with 85 golds, 79 silvers and 69 bronze.

“Mathematically, Malaysia won’t be able to catch up. There is a 24-gold-medal gap, while there are only 19 gold medals on the table on Saturday,” said Bayu, adding that Indonesia was aiming for five to seven golds in table tennis on closing day.

Powered by 196 para-athletes, Indonesia aims to finish at the top with 107 gold medals. The number of gold medals in the bag has surpassed the number it took home at the 2015 Singapore Para Games, which totalled 81 gold medals, and was named runnerup, after top finisher Thailand.

On Friday, the Indonesian swimming squad called it a day after nabbing five more gold medals. As result, Indonesia emerged the overall champion in swimming with 39 golds, 13 silvers and 12 bronze medals; beating runner-up Vietnam, which collected 15 golds, 22 silvers and 16 bronzes.

“Our athletes have performed laudably. They passed the initial target, and even broke three Para Games records,” Dimin, the Indonesian team coach, said in the statement.

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