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Japan National Team rider, Tatsumi Matsushita won Round 1 of Banyuwangi International BMX 2018 championship held on July 14, 2018 at Kedungrejo Muncar circuit. Tatsumi Matshushita beat two main riders of Indonesia: Tony Syarifudin and Rio Akbar who were in the second and third position respectively. Indonesian national team coach, Dadang Haries Purnomo said in Banyuwangi that Banyuwangi International BMX 2018 is a very important event for the national team before competing in the Asian Games because the results in Banyuwangi will be an evaluation for Indonesia to determine its strategy, and see the shortcomings of the athletes. Meanwhile in the Women Elite category, Thai national team racer, Amanda Carr won after beating Indonesia racer, Nopi Cupianti and Malaysian racer, Noor Quraataina who finished second and third respectively.

Indonesia won two titles at the Thailand Open 2018 World Tour Super 500 tournament from mixed doubles Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja and women's doubles Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu. Double mixed Hafiz / Gloria won after toppling the first main players from Britain, Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock with score 21-12, 21-12 in the final that took place at Nimibutr Stadium on Sunday (15/7). While the Greysia / Apriyani pair won after defeating the Japanese pair, Ayaka Takahashi / Misaki Matsutomo with score 21-13, 21-10. Gloria who played in mixed doubles with Hafiz admitted being delighted with her first title after nine months in pairs with Hafiz. She hoped that her achievement with Hafiz can be consistent. While Apriyani claimed to have prepared mentally and focuses in the final. She along with Greysia appeared patient and not in a hurry to face the Japanese pair. Meanwhile, Greysia Polii presented a title of  Thailand Open title 2018 for Nitya Krishinda Maheswari who is injured. According to Greysia in All Indonesia Badminton Association –PBSI page, she dedicated the title to her former favorite partner, Nitya. May she recover quickly from her injury.

Indonesia bridge national team performed brilliantly with the overall titles in the championship "Windy City Regional Championship" which took place on July 10-14 in Chicago, USA. According to a press release received from the Executive Board of All Indonesia Bridge Association –PB GABGSI in Jakarta on Monday (16/7), the certainty of the overall champion is achieved after mixed team donated gold medal on the last day of the tournament. With that result, the Indonesian team is ready to face the Asian Games 2018 in August; the team grabbed four gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Previously, the other three gold medals were obtained from the men's team number, the super-mixed team, and the open pair. Silver medal was presented by men's team and bronze medal was achieved by pair Nunung Tri Yulianti / Nettin Erinda. Previously, Indonesia Bridge Team also performed impressively by winning the overall titles in two other championships, namely 36th International Bridge Festival Albena 2018 in Bulgaria (June 19-July 1) and Music City Summer Sectional Tournament on July 6-8 in Nashville City, USA. Chairman of the Bridge Alliance of Indonesia, Eka Wahyu Kasih said that during the trials in Europe and the United States, the Indonesian team was experiencing rapid technical and non-technical progress. The training from Polish world coach, Kristof Marten, greatly influenced the progress of technical performance of the national team game.

The success of Indonesian young runner, Lalu Muhammad Zohri who won the 100-meter sprint of the men's World Athletics Championship U-20 becomes one of the 10 best moments of the International Federation of Athletics Federations (IIAF). Zohri's name is among 10 other young athletes who are under the spotlight of the world championship under 20 years old, that took place in Tampere, Finland, July 10-15, 2018. Muhammad Zohri won the men's 100-meter sprint after recording the best time of 10.18 seconds in the final race and defeating two top runners from the United States of America: Anthony Schwartz and Eric Harrison, who both finished the race with a time of 10.22 seconds. IIAF also uploaded the highlight video of the 10 best moments The U-20 Athletic World Championship in their official twitter. The U-20 Athletic World Championship 2018 tinged with eight championship records, 11 world U-20 records and 90 national-level records of each participating country. At least, 43 participating countries entered the final standings of medals, of which 25 grabbed at least one gold.