Desak Made Claims Gold in Women's Speed Climbing at Asian Games
Desak Made edged China's Li Juan Deng by 0.002 seconds to win Indonesia's fourth gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Indonesian speed climber Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi secured the women's speed climbing gold medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, finishing with a time of 6.062 seconds in the final held in Nagoya, Japan, on September 30. She edged out China’s Li Juan Deng, who clocked 6.064 seconds, and South Korea’s Jeong Jimin, who finished with a bronze-medal time of 6.18 seconds. Desak Made’s journey to the top podium began in the quarterfinals, where she advanced to the semifinals with a winning time of 6.39 seconds.
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