Jakarta, Sept. 5 -- With their win in the badminton SL3-SU5 women's doubles finals, Leani Ratri Oktila and Khalimatus Sadiyah have ended Indonesia's four-decade wait for a gold medal at the Paralympics.

The first-seeded pair defeated second-seeded Cheng Hefang and Ma Huihui of China in two straight games 21-18, 21-12 at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, securing the contingent's first gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

The medal was also the first for Indonesia since the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics. At that time, the contingent had brought home two golds won by Yan Soebiyanto in lawn bowls and R. S. Arlen in weightlifting.

The medal snatched by Oktila and Sadiyah at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics did not only repe...