Wednesday, October 13th 2021 Reporter: Aldi Geri Lumban Tobing Translator: Maria Inggita 979
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Jakarta women's indoor hockey team won silver medal at PON XX Papua.
I still feel proud of their struggles. We have encountered many obstacles, thank God, we are still obtain medal from women's team
Jakarta Hockey Team Coach, Dadan Moh. Ramdani mentioned that in the final match, Jakarta indoor hockey team lost to West Java with final score 2-0. While Jakarta men's indoor hockey team had to end the struggle without medal after defeated by East Java in match for third place with score 4-6.
"I still feel proud of their struggles. We have encountered many obstacles, thank God, we are still obtain medal from women's team," he said, Wednesday (10/13).
Jakarta hockey teams for PON XX consisted of 10 athletes with five officials for each women's and men's teams.
"We have carried out regeneration process for athletes in hockey sport," he added.
According to him, achievements in PON XX are not as many as in PON XIX where women's team won gold medal.
"Pandemic has affected preparation of indoor hockey team. When West Java and other regions have conducted training camp, our athletes must train independently due to closure of sports facilities during PSBB and PPKM," he explained.
Besides, during implementation of PON XX, there was a decision that was quite sudden with age restriction, by requiring team to be filled with four players under 24 years old and free age for 6 other players. It made indoor hockey team to select team members once again within a short time.
"Previously there was no age restriction, including pre-PON. We receive this information in June, even previously the host asked for under 23 years," he stated.
In order to obtain more achievements in the future, Jakarta Government through Youth and Sports Agency was expected to facilitate athletes with adequate sports facilities and infrastructure.
"Currently, Jakarta indoor hockey team doesn't yet have building or field. Hopefully it can be realized in the near future, thus there are no more obstacles regarding training camp," he conveyed.
During their stay in Papua, Jakarta indoor hockey team also had the opportunity to meet Jakarta Governor, Anies Baswedan.
"I apologize for not being able to win gold medal. Even so, Mr. Anies still appreciates the achievements of our athletes with hope in the future it can improve even more," he closed.
