Mimika, Papua – Three athletes winning the men’s 400- meter hurdles in the Papua National Sports Week (PON) XX handled to break the PON record while completing at the Mimika Sport Complex, Mimika Papua on Sunday.
West Java’s runner Halomoan Edwin Binsar Simanjuntak tape-recorded a time of 51.33 seconds to bag the gold medal.
M. Khairuddin Syahputra from North Sumatra stole the silver medal with a time of 51.75 seconds.
The bronze medal went to West Nusa Tenggara’s Andrian after completing the race in 51.77 seconds.
Formerly, Andrian held the PON record of the athletics occasion with a record time of 51.83 seconds he made in West Java PON XIX.
Thus, Andrian managed to hone his record at the nationwide sports occasion.
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Simanjuntak handled to win the gold medal, the 20- year-old athlete stopped working to break his own national record of 50.81 seconds he made in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.
The race ran so securely that the three leading professional athletes did not leave any little range among them from the beginning to the middle of the race.
Nevertheless, towards completion of the run, Simanjuntak began to lead the race after jumping over the last difficulty.
Meanwhile, Andrian and Syahputra continued their tight race at 50 meters before the goal.
Simanjuntak lastly succeeded in securing the first podium, followed by Syahputra and Andrian.
The Papua PON XX which started in mid September 2021 will end on October 15, 2021.
Since October 10, 2021 at 12: 00 Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, West Java contingent was still at the top of the medal standing, followed by East Java, Jakarta, Papua, and Central Java.
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