Sports Bulletin Report
Jakarta (Indonesia) Aleksandra Miroslaw from Poland clinched the gold medal in the women’s fixture of the IFSC World Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday. Aleksandra Miroslaw slipped in the 1st race of finals but managed to navigate her way through to the gold medal race. She overcame narrowly Indonesia’s Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi Big final result for gold medal, as the timing was Miroslaw 6.43 and Dewi 6.52 (New Asian record). Dewi’s got silver medal.
Even nerve-jangling race for bronze saw Aleksandra Kalucka from Poland left behind to China’s Lijuan Deng by 0.01 seconds (Kalucka 6.64 – Deng 6.65).
In the men’s event, local athlete Raharjati Nursamsa finished with his first ever gold in the IFSC World Cup. Xinshang Wang from China produced best ever result in IFSC World Cup compromised with silver medal, as he had won bronze last week in Seoul, South Korea. Big final’s timing were Nursamsa 5.11 – Wang 5.14. Former world record holder, Indonesia’s Kiromal Katibin took bronze.
Gold medallist man Aleksandra Miroslaw said:
“I am very happy with gold medal because every competition is different climate. Different challenges. This competition was wet, and it was really warm, so I just tried to focus 100% on my start. The first round of finals was really difficult for me, but then I found my flow and did my job.”
Gold medallist woman Raharjati Nursamsa said:
“I’m very happy and thankful. I’ve been training really hard for this gold medal. It helps that we have really strong climbers in Indonesia and it gives me great motivation to keep up with them all, and now I have a win to show for my efforts.”
