JAYAPURA - West Java reigns at the top of the medal standings. It's hard to seem to be chased by the rest of the contingent.
The National Sports Week event entered the last five days. Until Monday (10/10/2021) afternoon, West Java led with 88 gold, 68 silver and 75 bronze medals.
East Java which in recent days continues to win gold is ranked second with 74 gold, 66 silver and 57 bronze medals.
In third position ,DKI Jakarta scavenged 72 gold, 59 silver and 74 bronze medals.
Papua as host, meanwhile, is in the top four with 65 gold, 34 silver and 64 bronze medals.
But the fourth position of Papua is relatively safe from the pursuit of the fifth rank because the acquisition of Central Java medals only reached 18 gold, 32 silver and 37 bronze.
As of Sunday night, there had been 430 gold out of 681 gold that had been achieved by 7,039 athletes who went down in PON Papua.
Monday (11/10/2021), there are 44 gold medals contested from 17 sports contested.
Swimming will issue the most gold medals today, 7 gold medals.
Then Athletics at Mimika Center Athletic Stadium, there will be six gold medals up for grabs.
Pencak silat from Monday (11/10/2021) will start holding the final party. A total of five gold medals were contested in GOR Toware, Jayapura Regency.
Then Rowing and Karate will both hold four final matches today.
PON XX 2021 was officially opened by President Joko Widodo at Lukas Enembe Stadium, Jayapura Regency, on October 2, 2021.
Jayapura City, Jayapura Regency, Merauke and Mimika, became four clusters of National Sports Week implementation.
In total there will be 37 sports with 56 disciplines and 681 match numbers held during National Sports Week in Papua.
A total of 7,039 athletes took part in the fight for 681 gold medals.
Until now, 430 gold medals have been captured by 28 provinces from 34 provinces that participated in National Sports Week XX of Papua.
National Sports Week XX 2021 sports matches have started since September 22, 2021 and will end on October 15, 2021. ***