Defeat His Trainer At Papua National Park, Hanik Puji Astuti: It Feels More Challenging, Guts Are More Tested

Hanik Puji Astuti (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Central Java shooting athlete Hanik Puji Astuti defeated his trainer, Aris Haryadi in the 10 meter air rifle prone mix SH1 at the XVI Papua National Paralympic Week (Peparnas).

In the match held at the Indoor Shooting Arena, Kampung Harapan, Jayapura, Thursday, Hanik won by collecting a total score of 619.3.

Aris, representing DKI Jakarta, won silver by collecting a score of 615.0, while Dwi Retno Sulanjari, also from DKI Jakarta, won bronze with a score of 613.2.

Aris is one of the trainers who accompanied Hanik at the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) Indonesia national training.

In fact, during the national training for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Japan, Aris intensively accompanied Hanik.

"It feels more than other competitions. It feels more challenging, his guts are even more tested because he is against the teacher himself," said Hanik, as quoted by Antara.

Moreover, said the athlete who was born in Gunungkidul, December 22, 1995, teachers must know all the strengths and weaknesses of their students.

Hanik felt that the match was much bigger and more valuable than other matches, even though it was an international event.

"Because the teacher knows all the athletes. Moreover, I am the one who is being held and I have to fight the teacher myself. Including something big for me compared to me competing abroad or higher events as usual," he said.

Actually, Hanik specializes in standing numbers, but in Peparnas Papua he fell in the prone number because he was included as an elite athlete.

Elite athletes are those who have competed in international competitions, so they are only allowed to play in one number at the Papua National Park Tournament.

"My specialist is standing. Because I came home from (Paralympics) Tokyo, my standing continued to change to prone. So, my preparation was 10 days before the departure of Peparnas," he concluded.