JAKARTA - The women's basketball team made history through a perfect first gold medal, which wiped out all the matches with a win at the 2023 SEA Games, at the Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday.
The coach of the Women's Basketball National Team Lin Chin-Wen from China said the success could not be separated from the careful preparations made.
"We train non-stop because there is no league for women in Indonesia. We also do trials on Taiwan. The enthusiasm and motivation of the players is different from last year's (SEA Games 2021 Vietnam). They are solid to be able to show their best game," said Lin Chin-Wen, quoted by Antara.
In the last match, the Red and White Squad defeated Singapore with a score of 86-39. The victory made Indonesia firm at the top of the standings with 12 points, as a result of six consecutive wins.
Meanwhile, Team Captain Henny Sutjiono said that despite confirming the gold medal, they still performed optimally against Singapore.
"We want to perfect gold with a perfect win. We continue to train and hopefully this victory can continue at the next SEA Games and we also want to compete in the Asian Games (Hangzhou, China)," said Henny.
The Red and White Squad won all matches that used the semi-competition format.
On its way, the Red and White Squad opened the match with a win over Vietnam on Tuesday (9/5) with a score of 67-62.
One day later, the national team narrowly won over Thailand 70-69. On Thursday (11/5), it was Malaysia's turn to become a victim of Indonesia's resilience by locking up the 85-57 victory.
Indonesia then defeated the strong team of the Philippines with a score of 89-68. Then yesterday, they won against the host Cambodia with a score of 100-54. This pack is history because for the first time the Indonesian women's team was finally the best in the biggest sporting event in ASEAN.
Indonesia's previous best achievement was to win three silvers, respectively at the 1991 SEA Games in the Philippines, 2015 in Singapore, and 2021 in Vietnam.
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