Central Java dominates the number of athletics sports in Peparnas XVII SOLO

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Central Java teenage runner, Vitasari won three golds in 3 track and field events. (MI/Widjajadi)

THE Central Java (Central Java) CONTINGENT still dominates the numbers contested in athletics until the fourth day, Thursday (10/10) at the XVII 2024 National Paralympic Week (Peparnas). Of the total target of 39 gold, currently Central Java already won 31 gold.

Overall, up to the fourth day at 16.45, the Central Java contingent hunting for the Solo edition of Peparnas champions had won 250 medals, consisting of 101 gold, 76 silver and 73 bronze medals.

Meanwhile, the West Java contingent, which is Central Java’s closest competitor, has currently won a total of 220 medals, with details of 75 gold, 70 silver and 75 bronze.

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“Until the fourth day, who will be the champion still cannot be determined, even though Central Java leaves West Java quite far behind. Because of the total 561 medals provided, there are still 130 gold medals up for grabs,” said Secretary of PB Peparnas XVII, Rima Ferdianto to Media Indonesia , Thursday (10/10).

According to him, West Java’s opportunity as the closest competitor to the Central Java contingent is still there, and they can catch up if they look at the sport strength map and the numbers they are participating in.

According to Media Indonesia’s monitoring, of all the sports being participated in at this multi-event national level disability sports event, Central Java has a strong athletics squad. In fact, this sport contributed the most medals with 31 gold, 24 silver and 14 bronze medals.

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The dominance of paraathletic athletes is what supports the strength of Central Java, along with the emergence of a miracle baby, namely Maria Magdalena Vitasari, a debutant in three running events, who succeeded in winning gold.

This 15 year old runner won three gold medals in the women’s 100 meters, women’s 200 meters and women’s 400 meters in the T37-38 classification. Vitasari was very surprised by the brilliant results obtained in the Solo edition of the Peparnas event.

“I didn’t expect to get three gold medals. I underwent preparations for Peparnas

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Vitasari’s journey to achieve gold in three T37-38 classification numbers was carried out in stages. This means that even though he is a debutant at Peparnas Solo, he has already made progress as a champion since taking part in the provincial championship held by the National Paralympic Committee Indonesia (NPCI) Central Java in mid-2022.

During the 2023 Regional Student Paralympic Week (Pepaperda) in Solo, Vitasari also won gold. Then in the same year, he won three gold medals at the 2023 Central Java Provincial Paralympic Week (Peparprov), as well as one gold at the 2023 National Student Paralympic Week (Peparpenas) in Palembang.

“Frankly, my family is one of my biggest motivations to achieve achievements. Because from the start, my family has never failed to provide support,” explained this young woman nicknamed the Miracle Baby.

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The runner, born in January 2009, emphasized that the gold he won on the first day was dedicated to his family. The second medal is for his friends, and the third medal is for himself.

Paraathletics Focus
Regarding the results of this athletic number, the Head Coach of the Central Java Contingent Athletics, Agus Widayat, said that the journey of his team’s children was still on the track. NPC Indonesia Central Java gave a target of 39 gold, so there are still 8 gold remaining.

“This ambitious target has been designed with careful calculations. Moreover, we have the status of hosting Peparnas (N-2)