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Three representatives of Indonesian badminton athletes have succeeded in making Indonesia win the overall title at the Indonesia Masters 2020. They won the main podium from three sectors. The winners were men's doubles: Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya, women's doubles Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu and men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.

The three representatives were able to defeat their opponents at the top of party of the Indonesia Masters 2020 at Istora Senayan, Sunday (1/18/2020). Meanwhile, the highest podium of the other two sectors is occupied by China (mixed doubles) and Thailand (women's singles). Marcus / Kevin became the first Red and White representative to rise on the main podium after the "civil war" in the final party against Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan. The pair nicknamed The Minions won straightly two games with scores of 21-15, 21-16 in 32 minutes.

A total of 29 western regional athletes advance to the 2020 National E-sports Presidential Cup Final which will be held at ICE BSD Tangerang, Banten on February 1-2.

Chairperson of the Organizing Committee for the E-sports 2020 President Cup, Giring Ganesha said in Jakarta on Monday that the winners were ELVO GI (4 players) as winners of the Free Fire game, one winner of the e-Football Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) game, and 24 winners of the Mobile Premiere League game (MPL).

Before the Western Regional Qualification Final, the E-sports 2020 Presidential Cup resulted in 10 winners from the Eastern Regional Qualification Final. They consist of eight Mobile Premiere League (MPL) winners, one e-Football Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) winner, and one Free Fire winning team. The winners from these two regions will represent Indonesia competing against qualifying champions from Southeast Asian regional countries, namely Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Cambodia.

Indonesia's leading sprinter, Lalu Muhammad Zohri will fly to China to take part in an athletic championship as a trial match before competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in July. Indonesian short-distance trainer, Eni Nuraeni said in Jakarta on Monday (20/1) that Zohri will take part in at least two indoor athletics championships which take place in February and March.

The first championship that Zohri is certain to take part in is the 9th Asian Indoor Championships on February 12-13 in Hangzhou, and then, he will participate in the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour in Nanjing, China on March 13-15.

Eni, when met after training at the Bung Karno Madras Stadium, Jakarta, said that although Zohri had been confirmed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics that the athletes still need to take part in several championships as a practice match and improve and prepare themselves before the Olympics. Previously, at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix 2019 in Osaka, Japan, Zohri was able to finish in third place with a record time of 10.03 seconds. The results ensured Zohri's ticket to the 2020 Olympics because he successfully broke the 10.05-second passing limit in the 100-meter running category. For Zohri, the indoor athletics championship which will be a 60-meter race will be a challenge for him. At 60 meters, Zohri will finalize the start block.

Performing brilliantly at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines made the name of Indonesian women's cyclist Ayustina Delia Priatna become an great attraction for foreign teams and this time, the cyclist, nicknamed Ayu, was contracted by the Thai Women's Cycling Team (TWC) to compete in the international arena.

The contracting of the cyclist from West Java was justified by Head of Performance Improvement of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Cycling Association (PB ISSI), Budi Saputra in Jakarta on Monday (20/1/2020). At the 2019 SEA Games, Ayu appeared alone in the individual road race (IRR) number and had to deal with cyclists from other countries that dropped three cyclists. However, Ayu still appeared confident and was able to present a bronze medal for Indonesia.

Before performing brilliantly in the biennial championship, the 22-year-old racer was fairly consistent when she took part in the championship. This girl, who was born in Bandung, is also an Indonesian hero on the track for long numbers. At TWC, Ayu filled the slot of Thai rider, Jutatip Maneephan who is currently defending a European team, Alé BTC Ljubljana. She will work hand in hand with 5 other Thai riders.

The Asian continental team, according to Budi Saputra, is expected to be able to be a support and motivation for Ayu to penetrate European teams.