Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has actually praised Indonesian weightlifter Windy Cantika Aisah for winning the first medal for the Red White team at the Tokyo Olympics.
” From homeland, I would like to praise (Windy Cantika Aisah),” Widodo published on his Instagram handle @jokowi on Saturday.
Aisah, who competed in the 49- kg class, bagged the bronze medal after recording a total lift of 194 kg, with 84 kg in nab and 110 kg in tidy and jerk, according to the official Olympics record.
” Excellent news originates from Tokyo. Today, Indonesian ladies’s weightlifter, Windy Cantika Aisah, provided the very first medal at Tokyo Olympics by getting bronze medal in 49 kg class,” Widodo composed in his post.
Aisah was the very first from the Red White team to win a medal while completing at the Tokyo International Online Forum.
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Chinese lifter Hou Zhihui took the gold medal with a total lift of 210 kg (94 kg in snatch and 116 kg in tidy and jerk ).
Indian lifter Chanu Mirabai protected the silver medal after tape-recording an overall lift of 202 kg, with 87 kg in take and 115 kg in clean and jerk.
In her debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Aisah failed in her first attempt lifting 84 kg in take. She had the ability to lift 84 kg of barbel in her second attempt.
She failed again when trying to add the lift to 87 kg in the third effort.
But, she managed to lift tidy and jerk in 3 chances.
The 19- year-old professional athlete easily lifted 103 kg, 108 kg, and 110 kg to protect a bronze medal for Indonesia.
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