JAKARTA Pesilat Puspa Arumsari set a target of getting a gold medal in the 2025 SEA Games later this year, which will be the third collection in the biennial event.
The multi-branch sporting event will take place on 9-20 December 2025 in Thailand. Pencak silat is one of the 50 sports (sports) that are also competed there.
Puspa said that he and his friends at the national training camp continued to finalize various physical and mental exercises so that they could get the peak of performance in Thailand later.
"My target is a gold hat trick at the SEA Games," he said on the sidelines of the Chef de Mission (CdM) visit of the Indonesian contingent for the 2025 Thailand SEA Games, Bayu Priawan Djokosoetono.
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Puspa has collected two gold medals during their participation in the sporting event, each of which was obtained at the 2019 Philippines SEA Games and 2023 Cambodian SEA Games.
The coach of the pencak silat national team, Indro Catur Haryono, said that preparations for his foster children have so far been going very well.
"Currently entering the pre-competition phase. On October 9, 2025, 15 athletes will take the test event in Thailand for adaptation and see the match venue directly," said Indro.
At the Thailand 2025 SEA Games, the pencak silat branch will take place at the Jiranakorn Stadium Gymnasium, Songkhla Province. The total number of these sports will compete as many as 13 numbers.
In the previous edition in Cambodia, Indonesia managed to come out as the overall champion of pencak silat with nine gold medals, six silver medals, and one bronze medal, which was the best achievement in 12 years.
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