Jakarta Globe, Oct 24, 2014
Indonesian para-swimmer Mulyana. (JG Photo) |
Mulyana
posted a record 39.44 seconds on the distance to win a gold medal at the games
in Incheon, South Korea. He was 1.04 second faster than Slovenian Darko Duric
at the London Paralympics in 2012.
The S4
category is for swimmers with coordination problems affecting all limbs but
predominantly in the legs.
Thailand’s
Somchai Doungkaew took second place with a time of 46.41 and third place was for
China’s Jin Zhipeng (59.75).
Indonesian
Steven Sualang Tangkilisan won silver in the men’s 100 meter backstroke S10
(below the elbow or below the knee amputees). He finished in 1 minute and 9.94
seconds. China’s Lin Furong took first place with 1:08.74 and Fraidden Dawan of
Malaysia came in third with 1:10.63.
In the
women’s -79kg powerlifting, paralympian Ni Nengah Widiasih lifted a total of 90
kilograms to bag a bronze. Taiwan’s Lin Tzu-Hui topped the standing by posting
a total of 103kg to win gold. Jordanian Tharwh Tayseer Hamdan Alhajaj finished
second with 108kg.
Indonesia
has so far collected nine gold medals, nine silver, and 17 bronzes at this
year’s Asian Para Games.
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