Paragliding Men’s cross country 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018
18th Asian Games Jakarta
Palembang 2018
Japan Wins gold In Paragliding
Men’s cross country
In
Asian Games 2018
Antara/Bogor
The
Japanese national paragliding team won the 2018 Asian Games gold medal in the
men's cross country with a score of 11,391. Team members Yoshiaki Hirokawa,
Takao Iwasaki, Tari, Kamiyama, Yoshiki Kuremoto and Yoshiaki Nakagawa scored
big in the third round – four of its five paragliders booked perfect scores,
putting the team in second place.
The
Japanese men continued their prime performance in the fourth round to enter
first.
"What
an interesting performance by the Japanese team. In the fourth round, all five
of its athletes managed to finish with the best scores," said Wahyu Yudha,
the paragliding event manager.
Silver
medal was won by Nepal's Bimal Adhikari, Bijay Gautama, Sushil Gurung, Yukesh
Gurung and Bishal Thapa with a score of 11,364. Indonesia won bronze with a
score of 10,873.
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