Indonesian Wushu Team Secures Three More Bronze Medals at Asian Games, Coach Cites Insufficient Training

The Indonesian wushu team added three more bronze medals from the sanda number at the 2026 Asian Games. However, the results have not met the team's target of aiming for a final ticket. The coach assessed that the time for training concentration and the opportunity for trials abroad still needed to be improved. The three medals were presented by Bintang Reindra Nada from the 60 kg men's class, Fereddy Sinaga from the 56 kg men's class, and Thania Kusumaningtyas from the 60 kg women's class. All three were stopped in the semifinals in the match at the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall, Japan, Wednesday, September 23. National team coach for wushu number sanda Victor Wiranata admitted that he was quite satisfied with the performance of the athletes, but not with the final result. "If the performance is quite satisfactory, it's just that the results may not be what we expected," said Victor as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, September 23. Bintang started the match by getting a bye or directly qualifying from the first round. He then defeated Bayrammyrat Annamyradov from Turkmenistan in the quarterfinals. His steps stopped after losing narrowly 1-2 to Leung Yu Hong from Hong Kong in the semifinals. Fereddy also directly passed the first round. He then faced Enkhtuvshin Erdenebayar from Mongolia in the quarterfinals before advancing to the semifinals. However, Fereddy failed to reach the final after facing Dinh Van Tam from Vietnam. Meanwhile, Thania won two victories before stopping in the top four. He defeated Ainazik Rustambek Kyzy from Kyrgyzstan in the first round, then defeated Shakhzoda Azatova from Uzbekistan with a score of 2-0 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Thania had to admit the superiority of Roshibina Devi from India after losing 0-2. "Our target is actually to go to the final," said Victor. According to Victor, the preparation of athletes should be longer, including by undergoing training in China and several trial matches abroad. "Personally, I think the TC period may be shorter. We should be able to TC in China and try out several times," he said. With the addition of the three medals, wushu has contributed five bronze medals for Indonesia at the 2026 Asian Games. The two previous medals were won by Seraf Naro Siregar from the men's changquan and Eugenia Diva Widodo from the women's changquan. Source: VOI English