Paragliding Contributed 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Indonesia Wins Gold in Paragliding 

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Paragliding contributed on Thursday the second gold medal for Indonesia through Jafro Megawanto in the 2018 Asian Games men’s individual accuracy category.

Silver was won by Jirasak Witeetham from Thailand, and bronze was won by Lee Chulsoo from Korea.

Chief trainer of the Indonesian paragliding team, Gendon Subandono, said the team had met the target set by the Youth and Sports Ministry of two golds. "Our own target of one gold medal was accomplished yesterday. Today we got one more gold, making it two golds. So the target [set by the ministry] has been accomplished," said Gendon.

Previously, the Indonesian paragliding team contributed one gold in the men's team accuracy and silver in women’s team accuracy. The team will also compete for the men's and women's team cross country events that will be held on Friday (Aug. 24).

Jafro has performed quite well since the beginning of the team and individual accuracy competition. His score has been well above opponents like Thailand and Japan. On the first day of the competition on Monday (Aug. 20) Jafro led with three points on accuracy, followed by Jirasak Witeetham of Thailand with five points. Until the second round, the 22-year-old was still leading with six points. In the third round, Jafro dropped to fourth, with 52 points, while his toughest competitor Jirasak led by four points. In the fifth round, Jafro rose to take second place with zero points, landing right at the pad point of accuracy. Jirasak slumped to 10th position with 207 points. From the sixth round to the ninth, Jafro led the pack and maintained his position until the competition was over.

When asked how he was able to maintain his top position and get the perfect zero point, Jafro said: "Just focus on what the target is".

Jafro will be part of the Indonesian team in the men's team cross-country, along with four colleagues, namely Hening Paradigma, Joni Efendi, Ari Apriansyah and Roni Pratama.