Nagoya, Japan. Indonesia’s Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi wins the women’s speed climbing gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games after edging China’s Li Juan Deng by just 0.002 seconds in the final in Nagoya on Wednesday.

Desak Made clocks 6.062 seconds to take gold, while Deng finishes in 6.064 seconds for silver. South Korea’s Jeong Jimin takes bronze with a time of 6.18 seconds.

The Indonesian climber begins her run to the podium in the quarterfinals, finishing first in Heat 4 in 6.39 seconds against Kazakhstan’s Tamara Ulzhabayena, South Korea’s Hanareum Sung and Singapore’s Jeanette Frances Koh.

Desak Made again posts the fastest time in her semifinal heat, clocking 6.36 seconds to secure her place in the final.

She then produces her fastest run of the competition in the final, beating Deng by two-thousandths of a second to claim the gold medal.

Desak Made enters the knockout rounds after finishing third in Tuesday’s qualifying round, recording a best time of 6.29 seconds across four climbs on four different lanes.

Indonesia also sends Berthdigna Devi Surya Kusuma into the women’s speed quarterfinals. She finishes second in Heat 2 in 6.73 seconds but fails to advance from the semifinals.

The gold adds to Indonesia’s medal haul at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with the country sitting 13th in the medal standings as of 9 p.m. Jakarta time on Wednesday.

China leads the standings with 150 gold medals, followed by Japan with 50 and South Korea with 24. Malaysia ranks 11th with six gold medals.

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