JAKARTA - The Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) Center has ensured that the opportunity for the sambo sports branch (cabor) to appear in the 2028 National Sports Week (PON) is not completely closed.
Deputy Chairman III for Organization of the Central KONI, Purwadi, said that the decision to include or not include sambo in the largest national multi-branch sports festival depends on the coordination of the central management with related parties.
"We propose to the Sambo central management to approach the provinces because there are three sports that can be the choice of the provinces," said Purwadi in Jakarta.
Purwadi was present on behalf of the Chairman of the Central KONI, Marciano Norman, at the National Congress (Munas) of the Central Management of the Indonesian Sambo Association (PP Persambi) at the KOI Senayan Building, Jakarta.
He said that the approach with the hosts of East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara as well as DKI Jakarta as a buffer province for the PON must continue so that sambo can be re-contested.
"Actually, sambo can be included in the 2028 PON. Even though there is a criterion that the Olympic sport is a priority, there is still a chance," he said.
The desire for sambo to appear at the 2028 PON was also conveyed by the Chairman of the Provincial Management (Pengprov) of Persambi Aceh, Faisal Reza. He assessed that sambo was very efficient in terms of infrastructure so that it was not difficult.
"We have conveyed our aspirations to KONI Aceh to encourage sambo to be competed in the 2028 PON NTT-NTB because we have produced one gold medal in the previous PON," said Faisal.
In the PP Persambi National Congress, former judoka Krisna Bayu was re-elected as chairman of the general assembly by acclamation. He occupied the top of the federation for the third period after 2018-2022 and 2022-2026.
In addition to trying to make Sambo be able to compete in the 2028 PON, this new management is also ready to hold the Senior Sambo World Championship in 2027.
Indonesia has also been given the green light to host after previously successfully hosting the Junior World Championships last year in Megamendung, Bogor, West Java.
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