Yangon, Myanmar (ANTARA News) - An Indonesian 75-kg class wrestling athlete, Kusno Hadi Saputra, resounded the national anthem "Indonesia Raya" after he grabbed gold medal at the SEA Games 2013 in Myanmar on Tuesday.

In addition to the gold medal, the Indonesian wrestling athletes also contributed one silver and one bronze medals. Thus, based on the medal tally, Indonesia so far ranked 3rd with five gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals.

The 2013 SEA Games will be officially opened on Wednesday. The the following is the provisional medal tally of the SEA Games 2013 on Tuesday (counties, gold, silver and bronze medals)

Countries Gold Silver Bronze

1. Myanmar 17 6 7

2. Vietnam 7 4 7

3. Indonesia 5 8 7

4. Thailand 4 7 4

5. Malaysia 3 5 12

6. The Philippines 3 5 3

7. Singapore 2 2 3

8. Cambodia 1 4 6

9. Laos 1 3 8

10.Brunei 1 0 0

11.Timor-Leste 0 0 0



Previously, two gold medals from wushu had pushed Indonesia to the 4th position in the medal tally, according to the official website www.27seagames2013.com on Sunday.

The gold medals came from Lindswell in the Taolu Taiji Quan event and Achmad Hulaefi in the Taolu Gunshu event.

Lindswell snatched a gold medal by 9.71 points, leaving host athlete Wai Mar Tun behind with 9.68 points. The bronze medal went to Malaysian player Lu Yi Chan who scored 9.66.

Achmad Hulaefi was awarded a gold medal by scoring 9.70, while Malaysian athlete Say Yoke Ng secured a silver medal and host athlete Aung Si Thu received a bronze medal.

Earlier, Hulaefi has contributed a silver medal to the Indonesian contingent.

Reporting by Bayu Kuncahyo

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