Jakarta – Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Puan Maharani admired the Indonesian guys’s badminton group for winning the Thomas Cup after beating the team from China.
” Our badminton ladies’s doubles won the very first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Now, we won the Thomas Cup. This year is a minute of revival for Indonesian badminton,” Maharani noted in a statement here on Monday.
Your house speaker revealed pride and extended her gratitude to all Indonesian professional athletes, coaches, and badminton officials for winning the Thomas Cup for the 14 th time, because last having actually won in 2002.
Maharani was grateful in spite of the Indonesian flag not being hoisted during the trophy ceremony at the Thomas Cup given that Indonesia was approved by the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA).
” When athletes, coaches, authorities, and all Indonesian individuals join in singing the national anthem ‘Indonesia Raya’ with their right hands on their chests, that is when our flag is really waving,” she stressed.
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The House Speaker revealed happiness, as Indonesia was finally able to beat China’s team, which nearly in the course of the last twenty years, had actually controlled as the Thomas Cup champs.
The hard work of the Thomas Indonesia group likewise succeeded in preventing China from ending up being the protecting champion in the distinguished badminton tournament.
” Presently, Indonesia had actually gone beyond China’s championship titles in the Thomas Cup. Indonesia currently has 14 championship titles, while China just has 10 titles. It is a matter of fantastic pride since Indonesian badminton has risen exactly during the COVID-19 pandemic,” he stated.
Maharani likewise expressed optimism that the government and associated firms would right away resolve the concern with WADA, as Indonesia can not host regional and world sports champions if the sanction is still imposed.
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The concern with WADA will tarnish Indonesia’s reputation in sports, especially given that the Indonesian team is not permitted to bring the name and fly the nation’s flag in regional, continental, and world champions, except for the Olympics, according to the speaker.
She called on the government to transport higher attention to badminton, in terms of the training and budget, considering that the sport has the possible to contribute several accomplishments to Indonesia.
Previously, the Indonesian Badminton Group successfully won the Thomas Cup after beating China’s group, with a score of 3-0, in the final match at Ceres Arena, Aarhus, Denmark, October 17.
This success was accomplished after Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, and Jonatan Christie beat players of China’s team in 3 games in a row.
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