Women’s BMX racing 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

China Win Gold In Women’s BMX racing

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Indonesia has itself another bronze medal thanks to Wiji Lestari, who competed in the women’s BMX racing event on Saturday.

Wiji finished third with a time of 40.788 seconds at Pulo Mas International BMX Center, Jakarta.

The gold medal was taken by Zhang Yaru from China, who finished in a time of 39.843 seconds, and the silver went to Thai racer Kitwanitsathian Chuttikan, who finished in 40.379 seconds.

With Wiji’s bronze, Indonesia now has a silver and a bronze medal in BMX. Previously, Indonesian men’s BMX racer I Gusti Bagus Saputra took silver by clocking a time of 34.314 seconds.

Wiji said she was not able to secure gold for Indonesia because the other athletes were more experienced.

“I feel grateful for the prayers offered by the Indonesian people, especially the support given by spectators while we were racing. We’ll be training harder for bigger successes in the future,” she added.