Muhammad Sejahtera Dwi Putra became as hero for Indonesia in the shooting competition. Because he managed to donate a silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games shooting branch on the number 10 meter running mixed target.

When competing in the Jakabaring Sport City Complex, Palembang, this Saturday, the man who is familiarly called Tera won a total of 380 points. The difference is four points from the North Korean shooter, Myong Won Pak, who won gold with 384 points.

Meanwhile, bronze was won by Yu Gan from China with 379 points.

Tera appeared very calm and confident in this number match since the qualifying round. His success in winning silver was quite surprising because his opponents were world-class shooters, such as Myong Won Pak, the 2010 AG gold medalist in Ghuangzhou, China.

In stage 1 in the final, Tera's first shot missed so it only won 7. However, the rest he seemed to be able to rise and score high points up to stage 2. It's just that, gold winner Myong Won Pak appeared more consistent from the start so he could more shooting at the highest value target.

Indonesian shooting coach, Masruri said, the points in this match only dropped 2-3 points from the National Training Center results and were still within reasonable limits.

With this victory, Indonesia finally won one medal in the shooting branch after the seventh day match. This additional medal made Indonesia collect 9 gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze. Indonesia ranks fifth behind China, Japan, South Korea and Iran.


Source: www.tempo.co