JAKARTA – The sport of archery managed to marry gold medals in the women’s and men’s individual recurve events of the 2025 Southeast Asian Games thanks to athletes Diananda Choirunisa and Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla.
Diananda first managed to get the women’s individual recurve gold medal, which is Indonesia’s 69th gold medal in this biennial multi-branch sports festival.
Diananda won the final match 6-4 against Diep Trieu Huyen (Vietnam) to qualify for the highest podium at Football Field 1, Sports Authority of Thailand, Bangkok, Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
Thi Dao Loc, also from Vietnam, won the bronze medal in this number. He won the bronze medal in the fight against Singapore shooter Yeo Tabitha Ern Lin.
Shortly later, it was Riau Ega’s turn to get his gold medal, which is the 70th gold medal for the Indonesian contingent in the land of elephants. Indonesia now needs 10 more golds to reach its goal.
Riau Ega put in an impressive performance against Quik Chern Xin of Malaysia, who had to settle for a silver medal. Bronze was won by Vietnamese shooter Nguyen Minh Duc.
This is the fourth archery gold medal in today’s match. Previously, archery also won the men’s and women’s doubles gold medals.
The first gold medal was awarded to the women’s doubles recurve team, reinforced by Diananda Choirunisa, Ayu Mareta Dyasari and Rezza Octavia. Meanwhile, the men’s doubles recurve consists of Ahmad Khoirul Baasith, Arif Dwi Pangestu and Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla.
Adding to the panache, Indonesia also added a gold medal in pencak silat through athlete Tito Hendra Septa Kurnia, who performed well to defeat Muhamad Helmin of Malaysia.
In today’s match, Indonesia got eight more gold medals and still has the opportunity to add them. Overall, the red and white contingent collected 70 medals and remained in second position.
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