JAKARTA – Deputy Chairman of the Chief de Mission (CdM) of the 2021 SEA Games Hanoi, Tubagus Ade Lukman, admitted that his party had chosen the athletes who were assigned to carry the Red and White flag during the Indonesian contingent's defile at the opening. However, he refused to reveal the name of the athlete.
"We will announce that later. The chairman of CdM (Fery Kono) will deliver," said Ade Lukman when contacted by VOI.
He only gave a leak regarding the figure of the Indonesian flag bearer at the opening later. According to him, this figure is expected to be a spreader of enthusiasm for other athletes.
"What is certain is that he is a well-known athlete but is also young and has great potential because as a flag bearer he will be the representative of all other athletes," said Ade Lukman.
At the 2019 SEA Games, water polo athlete, Ridjkie Mulia, was appointed as the bearer of the Red and White flag at the Opening.
The Indonesian contingent has announced that it will dispatch 476 athletes from 31 sports to Hanoi 2021.
For this year, of the 476 athletes sent by Indonesia, as many as 246 athletes are included in the 24 branches of the National Sports Great Design (DBON) sport.
Meanwhile, from non-DBON, 230 athletes from 18 sports were dispatched.
The Hanoi SEA Games will take place on 12-23 May in 12 cities in Vietnam. For the year as many as 40 sports will be contested in 526 match numbers.
Previously, Ade Lukman said that the Indonesian contingent had not set a target for the number of medals won at the 2021 SEA Games Hanoi. According to him, the SEA Games this time was a preparation event for the Indonesian contingent projected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
"So we are not targeting how many medals there are, because this is the intermediate goal of preparing the Indonesian team, Indonesia's elite athletes, to go to the Olympics," said Ade Lukman.
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