- AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
China – The Indonesian Wushu athlete Harris Horatius won a gold medal in the men's nanquan and nangun all-around contest at the 2023 Asian Games Hangzhou at Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre on Tuesday.
The match started with a perfect score in terms of overall performance and degree of difficulty, giving him a total score of 9.756. Horatius' score was 0.020 points ahead of Yongmun Lee of South Korea.
Meanwhile, in the Nangun round, Horatius got the top place with a score of 9.750, defeating Junhua Huang of Macau by a margin of 0.010.
It was the first gold medal for the Indonesian wushu team at this year's Asian Games as well as the third gold medal for Indonesia during the games in Hangzhou.
In total, there are two medals for wushu. Previously, Edgar Marvelo Xavier got silver when he played in the changquan number on Sunday.
Atlet wushu Indonesia, Harris Horatius di Asian Games 2023 Hangzhou
- AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
The silver medal from this number was obtained by South Korean wushu athlete, Lee Yongmun. While the silver medal belonged to Macau's representative, Huang Junhua.
Wushu still has the potential to add medal contributions for Indonesia. Because Dewi Tasya Ayu Puspa will also compete in women's nanquan& nano numbers.
With this result, Indonesia has collected a total of three gold medals, one silver medal, and five bronze medals at the 2023 Asian Games.
The previous two gold medals were contributed from shooting sports. It was Muhammad Sejahtera Dwi Putra who got the two gold medals.
The first gold medal was obtained by Muhammad Sejahtera Dwi Putra when he dropped in the men's 10-meter target run number and returned to be the best in the mixed 10-meter target run number.
Dwi Putra also contributed by getting two bronze medals from the men's 10-meter target run and the men's 10-meter mixed target run.
