JAKARTA - Indonesia's national rowing team coach Muhammad Hadris is aware of the tough competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Therefore, he still appreciates the hard struggle shown by Melani Putri/Mutiara Rahma Putri, who is considered to have given the best.
"The competition in the Olympics is very tough. Previously, Melani/Mutiara had tried to break into the third place so they could fight in the Final B Lightweight Double Sculls (LWX2). However, they were only able to rank 6th and so they entered the Final C group to compete for ranked 13 to 18," said Muhammad Hedris who was contacted by the NOC Indonesia Media Team.
In the rematch (repechange) held at Sea Forest Water Way Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, July 25, Melani/Mutiara finished in 6th place with a time of 08 minutes 03.19 seconds.
"We have tried our best. Maybe the wind was quite strong in the last 1,000 meters. So, it affected us to compete. This is a valuable experience to be able to appear in a major Olympic event. We will try to be better in the future," said Melani Pearl agreed.
With this result, Melani/Mutiara will compete in Final C which will be played the day after tomorrow.
"I've pumped Melani/Mutiara's spirit to go all out. At least they should be able to enter the top 16 if they can be better below them," said Hadris
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