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Asian Beach Games, Silver Medal Women’s Short board (Yasniar Gea-Niassen)

Published October 27, 2008 Nias for Dummies Leave a Comment

Re-posted : Darman Zebua

Asian Games Federation
Kuta, Bali Indonesia
18 – 26 October 2008

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 24 October, 2008 : – - Kuta-Bali:  Indonesia’s Surfing Team put on a brilliant display of talent, strategy and teamwork to come home with another gold medal on the final day of surfing competition the first Asian Beach Games yesterday.

Made Garut Widiarta, Made Raditya Rondi, Made Adi Putra, and Dede Suryana worked together under the direction of coaches Om Arya and Made Switra to consistently post the highest scores in all three rounds of competition at Kuta Beach, ending the Grand Final with 12 points.

Also surfing very well in the 1-2 foot beach break surf were the team from Japan who came home with a silver medal, Shigenori Suzuki, Shuhei Kato, Yuichi Kurogi, and Akhihro Makino.  The Japanese team finished with 9 points. Gaining a bronze medal for their efforts were the team from the Philippines, Carlito Nogalo, Dionesio Espejon, and Luke Landrigan, and the only women surfer of  team event, Nildie Rietenbach.  The Philippine team finished with 6 points.

The final bronze went to the Maldivian team, who were shorthanded due to one of there surfers falling ill, but still got 2 points and a great experience at the end of the day (Abdulla Areef, Mohamad Irushad, Sharel Ameen, and Ayya Amis). The final medal presentation for the surfing event is scheduled for this evening at 7 pm.

To recap the medal awards for the surfing event in the first Asian Beach Games, here are the breakdowns.

Gold Medals
Indonesia = 3:  Men’s Short board (Made Garut Widiarta) Aerial (Dede Suryana) and Team
Japan = 2 : Men’s Long board (Yuta Morimoto) and Women’s Short board (Akiko Kiyonoga)

Silver Medals
Indonesia = 2:  Men’s Short board ( Made Raditya Rondi) Women’s Short board (Yasniar Gea)
Japan = 2 : Aerial (Yuichi Kurogi) and Team
Philippines = 1 :  Men’s Long board (Luke Landrigan)

Bronze Medals
Indonesia = 4:  Men’s Long board (Wayan Widana and Husni Ridwan), Women’s Short board (Diah Rahayu Dewi) and Aerial (Made Adi Putra)
Philippines = 3:  Men’s Short board (Carlito Nogalo), Women’s Short board (Marnianita Alcala), and Team
Japan = 2:  Men’s Short board (Shigenori Suzuki), and Men’s Aerial (Shuhei Kato)
Maldives = 1:  Team

About the Asian Beach Games
The 1st Asian Beach Games started the 18th of October and will be concluded on the 26th.  45 countries are participating in 17 sporting events taking place on the island of Bali in Indonesia.  To find out more log onto asianbeachgames.com

Source : www.surfersvillage.com

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