JAKARTA - Men's singles badminton player Alwi Farhan is very open to receiving criticism and advice from anyone in his future career journey as a key to maintaining his consistency in the match arena.
Alwi has just won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 2025 Thailand SEA Games. In addition to the individual event, he also helped the men's doubles team defend the gold medal from the biennial event.
This achievement does not make Alwi quick to be complacent. He said that his career journey is still very long so it takes consistency for higher achievements.
"The path will definitely have a lot of temptations. The coach has also warned me, my psychologist has also warned me. So, I have to always listen to criticism and advice from people because all of that can awaken me. That's the key," he said.
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The 20-year-old badminton player will be Indonesia's hope in the future, replacing Jonatan Christie and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting who are currently entering the end of their careers.
He realized that the expectations of badminton fans and the Indonesian people would definitely be higher after he managed to win the gold medal at the 2025 SEA Games.
"Hopefully in the future we in the men's singles, me, Ubed (Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah), and the young ones can carry out a very heavy task. Whatever the conditions we will not give up and always give our best in every match," he said.
The achievements obtained in Thailand make Alwi and his friends will be showered with a large bonus by the Government. For individual numbers, they promise Rp1 billion for those who get a gold medal.
The badminton branch brought home a total of three gold medals, three silver medals, and four bronze medals from the multi-branch sports event of Southeast Asian countries. This number makes them the overall champions.
In addition to being able to maintain the overall champion status from the 2023 SEA Games, badminton also exceeded the gold medal target. They were originally asked to bring home two golds by Minister of Youth and Sports Erick Thohir.
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