The Perfect Capital Of The Indonesian Taekwondo Team To Look At The 2023 Cambodia SEA Games: 5 Gold Medals For The ASEAN Championship

Atlet Taekwondo Indonesia. (Photo via Antara/PBTI)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian team recorded proud achievements at the 2023 ASEAN Taekwondo Championships. Indonesian athletes bought five gold, four silver and three bronze medals at the event which took place at Ayala Malls, Manila Bay, Paranaque City, Philippines, 10-12 March.

This is a good capital for the Red and White squad ahead of the 2023 Cambodia SEA Games. Optimistic also emerged considering that most of the athletes who competed would become opponents in the biennial multi-event.

"Considering that most of the athletes who come down are athletes who will most likely also compete in the 2023 SEA Games," said Taekwondo Indonesia Team manager Laras Fitriana Novianty Sumarna, as reported by Antara.

The ASEAN 2023 Taekwondo Championship was attended by 383 participants with international referees from eight ASEAN member countries namely, the Philippines as the host, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam.

The gold medal for Indonesia is presented by Wawan Saputra who fell in the freestyle poolmsae category. The rest are from kyorugi on behalf of Adam Yazid in the U 68 kg class, Nicholas Armanto in the U-87 kg class, Dinda Putri in the U-73 kg class, and Rayinda in the U-44 kg junior class.

M Hafizh won the silver medal in the Individual Male Senior, Besta Noviana in the Senior Female Individual category, Anindya and Maurice in the Pair Junior category, and Megawati Pramesti in the women's U-53 kg class.

While bronze belonged to Sarah Maria on U-44 kg, Aqila Aulia for U-57 kg, and Anindya Lana at Individual Female Junior.

Chairman of the Executive Board of Taekwondo Indonesia (PBTI), M. Thamrin Marzuki congratulated this proud achievement. He hopes that the performance of the national training athletes will continue to be maintained.

Even though it was quite successful, Thamrin still asked the national team coach to immediately analyze and evaluate based on various indicators to see the progress of the athletes while participating in the national training.

According to him, evaluations can be carried out based on the details of technique and self-control in the midst of the atmosphere and the situation when they compete so that the shortcomings and weaknesses of athletes can be addressed immediately.

"The results of this international championship must be used as an important note for athletes. Immediately conduct an evaluation to study and study the strategy of competing athletes. This strategy needs to be studied and continues to be simulated so that during the 2023 SEA Games it can be implemented. There is still time to fix the shortcomings of athletes," said Thamrin.