Category: Sports

Oktila-Sadiyah clinch Indonesia’s first gold at 2020 Paralympics

Leani Ratri Oktila and Khalimatus Sadiyah secured the first gold medal for Indonesia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics by winning the SL3-SU5 women’s doubles para-badminton final on Saturday night (Japan Standard Time). They defeated China’s Cheng He Fang and Ma Hui Hui with a score of 21-18, 21-12 at the

Paralympics athletes to get same appreciation: minister

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali promised that the government would not differentiate the facilitation and appreciation between athletes competing in the Olympics and Paralympics. The statement was delivered at the welcoming event of the return of Indonesian para-athletes Ni Nengah Widiasih and Muhammad Fadli Imammuddin accompanied by para-cycling

Ni Nengah Widiasih bags Indonesia’s first medal at Tokyo Paralympics

Indonesian lifter Ni Nengah Widiasih pocketed the first medal for Indonesia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic powerlifting sports at the Tokyo International Forum on Thursday. According to the official competition report, she bagged a silver medal in the 41-kilogram (kg) class after clinching a lift of 98 kg with ease.

Jokowi congratulates lifter for medal at Paralympics 2020

President Joko Widodo congratulated Indonesian female para-powerlifting athlete Ni Negah Widiasih who won the first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. “Good news comes from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, this afternoon. Weightlifter Ni Nengah Widiasih won the first medal for Indonesia, by winning a silver medal in the women’s 41

Athletes from three sports branches depart for Tokyo Paralympics

The first group of Indonesia’s contingent for the Tokyo Paralympics 2020, comprising para table tennis, para swimming, and para cycling athletes and coaches, departed from the Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Banten, on Tuesday. The first group departed aboard All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight number NH836 at 6:15 a.m. local time. They are