Suara.com – Indonesia added two silver medals to the 2022 Asian Games from the sport of rock climbing. The two silver medals were won in the men’s team speed relay and women’s team speed relay, Wednesday (4/10/2023) evening WIB.
The gold medal in the men’s speed relay at the Hangzhou Asian Games was lost to the Indonesian rock climbing team who had to settle for silver due to disqualification due to a false start against China in the final, Wednesday (4/10/2023).
The Indonesian men’s speed relay team, strengthened by Kiromal Katibin, Rahmad Adi Mulyono, and Veddriq Leonardo emerged as the main challengers after recording the fastest time of 16.632 seconds above China in the qualifying round which took place at the Shaoxing Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Center.
In the quarter-finals, Indonesia beat the Hong Kong trio, namely Wong Cheuk Nam, Au Chi Fung, and Chan Cheung Chi Shoji with a record of 17.979 seconds even though Rahmad, who was the last climber, slipped before reaching the finish with a one and a half second advantage over his opponent.
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After that, Indonesia met the South Korean team of Lee Yongsu, Lee Seungbeom, and Jung Yongjunyang who beat Kazahkstan in the previous round in the final ticket competition.
Meanwhile, Thailand had a chance to beat China when Zhang Liang slipped in the quarter-finals, but the home team was able to maintain its lead and finished with a record of 19.144 seconds, beating the 20.923 seconds of the White Elephant Country team.
Then, the Iranian trio, Milad Alipour Shenazandi fard, Mehdi Alipour Shenazandi fard, Reza Alipour Shenazandi fard, who were one of the toughest challengers apart from China had to be disqualified for making a false start against Singapore.
During the semifinal against South Korea, Veddriq was again the first climber and faced very tight resistance from the opposing team before Rahmat touched the finish with a slight advantage, namely 16.289 seconds compared to 16.650 seconds.
Not long ago, China won easily over Singapore with a record of 16.152 seconds, which provided them with the opportunity to threaten Indonesia in the gold medal final.
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Veddriq admitted that he had to carry out a self-evaluation after giving up the opportunity to win a gold medal in the individual number and did not want to slip up again when fighting with his friends in the relay number.