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Indonesia strikes wushu gold mine
The Indonesian wushu team won six gold medals on Friday at the ASEAN University Games (AUG) in Palembang, South Sumatra, but the host nation played second fiddle elsewhere in the games, trailing Thailand in the medal standings
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he Indonesian wushu team won six gold medals on Friday at the ASEAN University Games (AUG) in Palembang, South Sumatra, but the host nation played second fiddle elsewhere in the games, trailing Thailand in the medal standings.
Friday's six-gold medal haul made it eight in the competition for Indonesia, which emerged overall champion in wushu.
Hendri Tarigan, Sony Rezaldi, Junita Malauw, Fenny Pebriana Umarella, Juwita Niza Wasni and Eric Losardi joined the gold-medalist list, which already included Lindswell Kwok and Ahmad Khulaifi.
The team also won four silver medals.
'The coach asked me to bury my fear and fight normally,' said Hendri, who won the men's 60-kilogram sanda (sparring) category.
Malaysia took three gold, five silver and two bronze medals, followed by Laos (2-2-4).
In karate, Indonesia had to be content with only one gold via Alin Sukma in the men's 75-kg kumite (grappling hands) category.
He beat Songvut Muntaen of Thailand by a point, while Noor Azizan Nor Ali finished third.
'I had difficulty with the opponent's high posture and speed. My strategy was to evade and counter attack,' he said.
Coach Mursalim Badoo said the athletes' performance had surpassed the previous gold tally in Laos.
'We're deploying second-layer athletes to give them opportunities in international events,' he said.
Indonesia trails Thailand in the overall medal tally with its 14 gold medals against Thailand's 16.
Medal Tally
Country G S B
Thailand 16 7 5
Indonesia 14 19 9
Malaysia 7 9 8
Lao PDR 4 5 6
Philippines 4 4 3
Singapore 1 1 2
Vietnam 1 0 0
Myanmar 0 3 5
Timor Leste 0 0 0
Cambodia 0 0 0
Brunei 0 0 0
