19 UNESA Athletes Donate Dozens of Medals for East Java

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Unesa.ac.id, SURABAYA-The top of the PON XX PAPUA standings is getting fiercer. Update on Monday, October 11, 2021 at 15:45 WIB, East Java took second place with 197 medals. The details are 74 gold, 66 silver and 57 bronze. Until the 11th day of the PON at the Lukas Enembe Stadium, 19 Athletes from the State University of Surabaya (UNESA) presented dozens of medals for East Java.

There are athletes who are still active UNESA students and also alumni who have just graduated some time ago. While the medals brought by UNESA athletes were 21 medals. The athletes in question are:

1. Abdul Muin, a student of Sports Coaching Education (PKO) in the Sepak Takraw sport, won the men's team double gold and silver in the Men's Wuadrant.
2. Dedi Setiadi Suryo, a student of Physical Education, Health and Recreation in Takraw, won gold and silver.
3. Jelena Sandra Sayidina Lesmana from the PKO study program in the women's individual gymnastics sport won gold and won silver in the women's team event.
4. Wahyu Anggoro Tamtomo from the PKO study program won gold in the 50 m surface diving men's pool.
5. Adinda Larasati Dewi, a PKO student in Swimming, won three gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, women's 800 m freestyle and 10,000 m women's open water swimming.
6. Billa Dwi Alfiantoro together with Dhiemas Bayu Putra Agha and Sigy Kanadela in the fencing sport won silver in the men's team number, bronze in the men's team number, and another bronze in the men's individual category.
7. Rozanah Shassani Nublah in the Rhythmic Gymnastics sport won silver in the individual event.
8. Ronaldo Ferga Gerda won silver in the men's team gymnastics event.
9. Rafi Arofah Dirgantari won bronze in the shooting sport of the women's 50 m rifle 3 position team number.
10. Paragra Duncan T.N.F.S also won bronze in the men's 10 m air rifle team shooting event.
11. Aldento Brillian Bara Pratama won bronze in Muathay.
12. Rizki Nur Fadila and Aprila Dwi Rahayu won bronze in Tae Kwon Do in the Women's Poomsae Team.
13. Andre Anggoro, along with Andrea Guntara, Ferdian Fathur, Ilham Wiranata, Malik Fajar, Muhammad Hendri and Moch Fathur Rohman, won bronze in the men's team Indoor Hockey.

The First Gold of East Java won by UNESA Athletes

Dr. Dwi Cahyo Kartiko, S.Pd., M.Kes., Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs of the Faculty of Sports Science UNESA who participated in monitoring athletes in Papua stated that the first gold of the East Java Contingent was donated by athletes from UNESA, namely Nurul Fajar Fitriani in the 200 meter backstroke. daughter with a record of 02 minutes 19.78 seconds. For him, the first gold was important in motivating the teams and spurring East Java's optimism in achieving the target of becoming the general champion in this XX PON.

Besides gold, he continued, there were several silver and bronze medals that were won by UNESA athletes in various sports. Some of them, namely Ronaldo Ferda Garda, D-4 Vocational Sports Coaching Education, won silver in the Gymnastics branch. Then Christina M. Claudia, Communication Science for the 64 kg women's weightlifting branch and Rizky Nur Fadilah from the Health Education and Recreation Taekwondo branch won bronze.

Optimistic that East Java can overtake West Java

He continued, this was only a temporary gain and he was optimistic that UNESA athletes could still contribute some more gold in several leading sports during the XX PON in the next few days. "We hope that the athletes and coaches at the location will remain enthusiastic, both from UNESA and East Java in general. Hopefully the results will be on target, "he hoped.

Meanwhile, UNESA Chancellor Prof. Dr. Nurhasan, M.Kes appreciates the hard work and enthusiasm of the athletes and coaches of UNESA who participated in defending and fighting for East Java in order to become the overall champion in this XX PON. For him, although the standings are still led by West Java, East Java is in second place and DKI Jakarta is in third. “PON is still rolling and there are still many opportunities to reach first position. East Java certainly can," he said. "This is an interesting and extraordinary competition, we hope that the athletes will remain enthusiastic and give their best for their respective regions," he concluded. [UNESA PR]