Jakarta, Balijani.id – The Indonesian Archery Team for the 2021 Sea Games has arrived in Vietnam since Friday afternoon (13/4) in good condition, a little tired because the Jakarata – Vietnam trip had to go through a 2-hour transit in Singapore, said Team Manager Ary Koeswiranto. The Indonesian Archery Team consists of 15 people consisting of 10 athletes, 4 coaches and 1 team manager. 3 people support team 3 people consisting of coaches, strengths & conditions, technicians, will just join the independent fee Saturday (14/5). The national team squad stayed at the Grand Plaza Hotel (45 minutes from the Archery Venue) during the 31st Southeast Asian country multi-event sporting event. Before leaving for Vietnam, athletes and coaches were tested by PCR and the results were negative. The team was released by the Indonesian Archery Board on Friday (13/5) at the Aryaduta Suite Hotel. "The athlete's condition is fine, even though it was a fairly tiring journey from Jakarta to Vietnam, after a short break we immediately did light exercises to introduce the venue," said Ary. Ary hopes that the athletes can appear independent and can give the best for the Indonesian nation and state. The new Archery match schedule will start on Saturday (14/5) starting with official practice and Equipment inspection, followed by the Team Manager Meeting. At the XXXI Vietnam Sea Games, Indonesia only fielded 10 archers consisting of 7 male archers and 3 female archers. The majority of those chosen are residents of the 2021 Paris Olympics Pelatnas. New faces who have the opportunity to participate in the Vietnam Sea Games, are Pande Putu Gina Putri Arista (Women's Recurve) and Hendika Pratama Putra (Men's Compound). The Indonesian Archery Team this time was dominated by several young athletes who still had minimal flying hours in the international arena. PB PERPANI's courage in sending young athletes received appreciation from the Chair of the PERPANI Papua Pengrov, Dr. Juliana J. Waromi, SE, M.Sc. "According to the grand design of national sports, the Sea Games are only an intermediate goal, our target is the Olympics. For that, I appreciate the courage of PB PERPANI in presenting young athletes in the multi-event Sea Games this time," said Julian Waromi. As Chair of Papuan Archery, we are proud that there are two Papuan athletes in the Sea Games National Team. For that I am here to give encouragement to Rezza and Gina. This is their first time appearing at the Sea Games. The hope of the Papuan people is that they can perform well, if they succeed, of course we are proud because this is the contribution of Papuan Archery to Indonesia, said Mama Juli when she greeted the athletes at Soekarno Hatta Airport. Although there were no senior athletes such as Diananda Choirunnisa, Hendra Purnama, Titik Kusumawardani, M.Hanif Wijaya, Indonesia's opportunity to gain medals was still open. "We are still optimistic about the recurve division which is our mainstay, there are still the trio of men's archers at the Tokyo Olympics, Riau Ega, Alviyanto Bagas Prastyadi, Arief Dwi Pangestu and Rezza Octavia. We hope for 2 gold medals from recurve and 1 gold medal from compound, if we miss 2 gold medals it's good, because this time we won't be a full team,” said Mama Juli. continued the Serui woman who has been in the world of archery for 10 years, to measure the success of her coaching, the size is a medal. Talking about opportunities, we're talking about data. If during the world junior championships and World Cup Stage 1 Turkey they can match the top ranked archers in the world, I am optimistic that at the Sea Games we will record positive results. When asked what are the chances of 2 Papuan female archers who will compete in the mixed team and individual numbers, with a cash smile, Mama Juli said 1 medal from a Papuan child, by not before the Almighty, but as believers, we Perpani Papua Management accompanies Rezza and Gina with a prayer. Of the total 10 archers prepared by PB PERPANII, 6 of them are old faces who have strengthened Indonesia in international events, Riau Ega Agata Salsabila, Arief Dwi Pangestu, Alviyanto Bagas Prastyadi (Recurve Putra), Rezza Octavia (Recurve Putri), Prima Wisnu Wardhana (Men's Compound), Sri Ranti (Women's Compound). Meanwhile, the 4 new faces are Lisnawanto Putra Aditya (Recurve Putra), Pande Putu Gina Putri Arista (Recurve Putri), Deki Adika Hastian, Hendika Pratama Putra (Compound Putra )
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