Stepping-Stone to 2020

KOMPAS/HENDRA A SETYAWAN

Members of the Indonesian rock climbing team 2 (right to left), Muhammad Hinayah, Rindi Sufriyanto and Abu Dzar Yulianto, celebrate their winning of the gold in the men’s speed final of the 2018 Asian Games in the Rock Climbing Arena, Jakabaring, Palembang, South Sumatra, Monday (27/8/2018). Indonesia\'s team 1 members (left to right), Sabri, Aspar, and Muhammad Fajar Alfian, won the silver medal. China won bronze.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Indonesian athletes have surpassed the target of winning 20 Asian Games gold medals, having clinched 22 golds by Monday (27/8/2018). This new Asiad gold record should serve as a stepping-stone towards the more prestigious international multi-sport event: the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Another gold is already in Indonesia’s hands on Tuesday, when the country will witness an all-Indonesian men’s doubles badminton final, with Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo-Marcus Fernaldi Gideon facing Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium in Jakarta.