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Indonesia's success at the 2018 Asian Games spreads to the Indonesian contingent of 2018 Asian Para Games. In regard to the success, Chief de Mission of the Indonesian contingent at Asian Para Games, Arminsyah said proudly at Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon (10/10) that the target of 16 gold medals and the 8th rank that has been targeted by President Joko Widodo has already been achieved, and even, it is exceeding the target.

“We receive a report that Indonesian contingent has got 18 gold medals. The most gold medals are from chess; we get 6 gold and gold for branch lawn ball. So, there are 18 gold medals in total. We still have more than that, and even this is exceeding,” said Arminsyah.

Arminsyah hopes that Indonesian team will continously get additional gold medals. So, the success is not only in medals, but also in the country's ranks in the total tally of the 2018 Asian Para Games. In addition, he views that the success of Indonesian athletes depends not only on their skills and coaches but also their psychology team that maintains their mentality and enthusiasm to compete with other disabled athletes. (VOI/TONO/TRANS AF/AHM)