Proud! Indonesian Tablet 3 Gold Para-tenis In Greece

Indonesian table tennis para-table contingent (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian para-table tennis contingent won three gold medals in a pro-Greek tour titled ITTF Fa20 Argostoli Para Open 2022 from September 24 to October 2, 2022 on the island of Kefallinia, Greece.

The three gold medals for Indonesia were presented by David Jacobs in the men's singles number TT 10, Shella Dwi/Net Akbar in the mixed doubles sector XD20, and Adyos Astan/Yayan Gunaya in the men's doubles MD8.

I like to be mixed with fatigue because I have to travel very far to Greece. In terms of our results, we are quite satisfied that we still have to train to improve technique and stamina because the opponents are also getting better," said Adyos Astan gold winner, quoted from Antara, Tuesday.

"There are so many quality young players here," he added.

The presence of a number of talented young players in a number of numbers was also felt by David Jacobs.

This victory is very important to collect points at the 2022 Paris Paralympics. Competition in Greece for my class is a lot of young players who are new and show progress. I have to improve my drawbacks especially in mixed doubles numbers," said David.

The championship in Greece is one of the qualifying events to find points to qualify for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

In addition to winning gold, the Red and White contingent also received six silvers through Komet Akbar in the men's singles TT10, Suwarti (women's singles TT8), David Jacobs/Hana Resti (mixed doubles XD20), Sefrianto/Tarsilem (mixed double XD7), Hana Resti/Shilla Dwi (WD20 women's doubles), and Sefrianto paired with South Korean players Park Jung Son on MD4 men's doubles.

Meanwhile, Indonesia's para-table tennis coach Bayu Widhie Hapsara said the results achieved by his team were quite proud but at the same time he also acknowledged that the presence of a number of talented young players in the championships attended by 26 countries would be a threat to Indonesian table tennis in the future.

I think the regeneration of our para-table tennis athletes is a little late, especially in wheelchair numbers. We are very difficult to find the regeneration," explained Bayu.

After participating in the championship in Greece, the Indonesian table tennis team will then participate in the world championship in Spain in November. It is planned that Indonesia will send three athletes, namely David Jacobs, Suwarti and Hana Resti.