Jakarta – Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali has made assurance that the government will reward all Indonesian professional athletes that take part in the Olympics Games Tokyo 2020.
Amali guided clear of providing a concrete response to queries on the form of benefit to be given to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 medal winners. He noted that the reward will be revealed as soon as all Indonesian athletes go back to the country.
” There will be (a benefit), but it will be different for each professional athlete. However, I have made guarantee that all those who leave for and complete in Tokyo, both athletes and coaches, will receive a reward from the government,” he asserted throughout a virtual interview here on Tuesday.
Throughout the press conference, Amali also expressed gratitude to athletes, who have competed and represented the Red and White flag in the sports occasion held every four years.
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The sport minister believed that professional athletes, who had yet to bag a medal, were still heroes for putting in their finest in the Olympics Games Tokyo 2020.
Amali advised professional athletes to not let their guard down and prepared themselves for the future single and multi events, including the qualifier round for the Olympics Games Paris 2024.
The very first batch of the Indonesian group that competed in the Tokyo Olympics has arrived home on Thursday night.
The very first batch consisted of seven professional athletes: Eko Yuli Irawan; Windy Cantika Aisah; Deni, who competed in the weightlifting occasion; Mutiara Putri and Melani Putri, who competed in the canoe slalom occasion; Azzahra Permatahani, who completed in the swimming event; and Rio Waida, who contended in the surfing event.
In accordance with the Indonesian government’s policy on health protocols to be followed for international travel, the professional athletes are needed to very first go through quarantine for 8 days.
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