Memorial portraits of pencak silat athlete Ayudiah Rivana Tridiandinita (left) and finswimmer Syabilla Rizkia Putri Raharja (right), who died in separate incidents during the 17th Central Java Provincial Games (Porprov Jateng XVII) in October 2026. `

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