Rhythmic gymnastics 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Kazakhstan Win gold In Rhythmic gymnastics

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Kazakhstan secured the gold medal in the rhythmic gymnastics team all-around at JIExpo Hall D, Kemayoran, Jakarta, on Monday.

Three Kazakhstan rhythmic gymnasts – Alina Adilkhanova, Adilya Tlekenova and Dayana Abdirbekova, chalked up 159.85 points, comprising 48.75 in the hoop, 49.15 in the ball, 46.70 in the clubs and 15.25 in the ribbons.

Uzbekistan took the silver medal with 155.30 points, while South Korea collected the bronze with 151.10 points.

Kazakhstan’s Alina scored the highest individual score with 52 points, followed by two Uzbekistan gymnasts, namely Sabina Tashkenbaeva who posted 50.15 points, and Nurinisso Usmanova who scored 49 points.

The host country, Indonesia, did not participate in the team category as it only has two gymnasts, Nabila Evandestiera and Wahyu Putri.

The two took part in the qualifications of the individual category, in which Nabila managed a 36.35 total for the 22nd spot of 29 gymnasts. Putri is ranked 26th with 34.20 points. They will join the final round on Tuesday afternoon.

Indonesia’s gymnastics team manager Dian Arifin said that Nabila and Putri needed to improve their performance.

"We have to improve it. We are left quite far behind. Nabila has more experience than Putri, but Nabila still needs to develop her techniques,” Dian said.

Back in the 2017 Southeast Asia Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nabila contributed two bronze medals for Indonesia.

In this year’s Asian Games, Indonesia so far has collected one silver medal by Rifda Irfanaluthfi in the women's floor exercise event, and one bronze by Agus Prayoko in the men's vault event.

The achievements ended Indonesia’s rhythmic gymnastics medal drought since the country’s first participation in the Asian Games.