The Ministry Of Youth And Sports Only Prioritizes Potential Medal-Winning Sports To Be Sent To The SEA Games Hanoi
JAKARTA - The Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora) has confirmed that it will only send athletes who have the potential to win medals to the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi next May.
This was conveyed by the Deputy for Sport Achievement Improvement of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Chandra Bhakti during the Indonesian Olympic Committee Working Meeting, in Jakarta, Thursday, January 20.
"We will review how many medal targets have been announced. The policy principle from the Minister of Youth and Sports is that it is better for the contingent to be lean but rich in medals. So, we will prioritize the Olympics with medal potential," said Chandra, quoted by Antara.
Kemenpora itself has pocketed the certainty of the schedule related to the implementation of the multi-branch event. However, they have not set the Pelatnas schedule for each sport.
Chandra said that at this time his party still needed to review the proposals from each parent sport. In the process they will prioritize the Olympics and events.
This was done in accordance with the main targets set out in the Great Design of National Sports (DBON).
"We will conduct a review as an early stage of the Pelatnas process. Review of independent teams, sports experts and representatives from KOI and KONI," he said.
Meanwhile, the General Chair of KOI Raja Sapta Oktohari encouraged the national sports federations to focus on promoting the qualifying championship for the 2022 Paris Olympics in the midst of a busy international multi-pronged agenda that will be held throughout this year.
"We want more athletes to be sent to the Olympics and focus on getting medals. We also want how we can focus more on Olympic numbers," said Okto.
The SEA Games were supposed to be held in 2021, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latest schedule this event will be held on May 12-23 in Hanoi as well as a number of cities and provinces around the world