Sprinter Lalu Muhamad Zohri won a silver medal in the guys’ 100-meter event at the Asian Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar. The 18-year-old, who clocked in at 10. Thirteen seconds in the final round also broke the Indonesian and Southeast Asian data inside the class that changed into previously held via former countrywide sprinter Suryo Agung Wibowo. Suryo recorded a satisfactory time of 10.17 seconds throughout the Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, in 2009.
Zohri broke the report at some point in the semifinal spherical in Doha when he clocked in at 10.15 seconds, finishing 2nd at the back of Japanese sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu. His clock-in time becomes sufficient to send the Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara native, to the final round. The Indonesian gave another stellar performance in the last by clocking in at 10. Thirteen seconds, trailing behind Kiryu, who completed first at 10.10 seconds. The bronze model was presented to Chinese sprinter Wu Zhiqiang, who finished the race at 10.18 seconds. After the race, Zohri stated he was pleased with his achievements, thanking the Indonesian Athletics Federation (PASI) and the USA’s citizens for their assistance.
“There becomes a point [during the final race] that I, in reality, misplaced awareness as I kept thinking about my combatants,” he said in an assertion. Zohri has been preparing to prepare for the championship while also analyzing for the countrywide exam in April. His coach, Eni Nuraeni Sumartoyo, determined on Monday to drag the sprinter out of the guys’ 4×100 m event due to his busy agenda.
The Indonesia girls’ badminton group will have to settle for a bronze medal after dropping to Asian powerhouse Japan 3-1 in the semifinals on Tuesday. Nineteen-12 months-old Gregoria Mariska Tunjung began the fit by energizing the house crowd of masses after she defeated Akane Yamaguchi 21-sixteen, 9-21, 21-18.
Gregoria, who holds a far lower global rank than Akane, struggled hard in the 1/3 sport, but her persistence prevailed. “I’m grateful that I could play without thinking excessively. Honestly, I didn’t suppose I could make it because I never competed together with her earlier than that. Her rank is also better than mine,” Gregoria stated within the publish-game presser.
However, Indonesia didn’t score any more group points, with women’s doubles pair Greysia Polli and Apriyani Rahayu dropping to global champions Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21-thirteen, 21-12. Indonesia women’s singles shuttler Fitriani misplaced to global number 8 Nozomi Okuhara.
The team was formally removed after women’s doubles pair Rizki Amelia Pradipta and Della Destiara Haris lost to world range twos Misaki Matsumoto and Ayaka Takahashi 21-thirteen, 21-10. Susy Susanti, the head of sports development at the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI), applauded Japan’s performance. The better-ranked Japan outperformed the Indonesians, she said.
