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Team Manager of the Indonesian Badminton, Susy Susanti said that Indonesia's victory in the 2019 World Junior Championship (WJC) team by bringing the Suhandinata Cup home is a historic proof of the quality of the national badminton. It was said by Susy Susanti after a press conference at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang on Tuesday night (15/100. Susi Susanti who also serves as the Head of Development and Achievement (PP PBSI) said that this victory IS also an opening for recognition from other countries that Indonesia has good quality in badminton. She also stated that when undergoing a tournament in Kazan, Russia, many countries are interested in joining the train and can bring a coach from Indonesia. Indonesia brought home the Suhandinata Cup for the first time after failing three times in the team number final in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Featured in the first position, Indonesia received fierce resistance from China, which is the second seed. Four final matches had to be passed with a rubber game for more than one hour for the title of the best team in this U-19 class. The first point was contributed by the mixed doubles Daniel Marthin / Indah Cahya Sari Jamil after defeating Feng Yan Zhe / Lin Fang Ling with a score of 21-18, 18-21, 21-11. The next victory in the second party was scored by Putri Kusuma Wardani over Zhou Meng with a score 21-18, 20-22, 21-14. Indonesia almost won perfectly 3-0 after Bobby Setiabudi succeeded in creating a position of 20-16 and only needed one more champion point. Unfortunately, Bobby had to recognize the superiority of Liu Liang with a score of 17-21, 21-17, 20-22. In the fourth party played by the impromptu women's doubles, Putri Syaikah / Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma managed to be a decisive team winner after defeating Li Yi Jing / Tan Ning with a score of 16-21, 25-23, 21-13.

Indonesian badminton pair: Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin won the men's doubles number for the Junior World Championship (WJC) 2019 after defeating Chinese first seed, Di Zi Jian / Wang Chang in the final round. In the 41-minute match in Kazan, Russia, Sunday (13/10), Leo / Daniel, who was the second seed, won two straight games 21-19, 21-18. As reported by Antara, with this result, Leo / Daniel became the only Indonesian representative who successfully brought home the gold medal in the most prestigious badminton championship at the U-19 level.

Group G World Cup Qualification 2022 Asian zone finished two matches on Tuesday (15/10) in which Vietnam and Thailand recorded victories. According to FIFA's official website in Jakarta, Wednesday, Vietnam defeated host Indonesia 3-1 at the Captain I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Bali, thanks to Do Duy Manh, Que Ngoc Hai and Nguyen Tien Linh goals. Indonesia reduced its position through Irfan Bachdim's goal a few minutes before the match was over.Meanwhile, Thailand defeated its guests United Arab Emirates 2-1 at Thammasat Stadium, Rangsit, Thailand. Thailand's two goals were scored by Teerasil Dangda and Ekanit Panya, while the UAE made one goal from Ali Mabkhout. With this result, Thailand won the top of the Group G standings from the hands of the UAE. Thailand collected seven points from two matches. UAE must be willing to go down to third position with six points from three matches. While Vietnam climbed to second place with seven points from three matches. Then in the fourth place was Malaysia, followed by Indonesia at the bottom because they had never won in four matches.

The local bicycle racing team from West Sumatra, Padang Road Bike (PRB) will also enliven the national team competition in the 2019 Tour de Singkarak –TdS which will be held on November 2-10. The person in charge of the TdS team, Iqbal Ramadi Payana said in Padang on Tuesday (15/10) that the target is realistic if looking at the composition of the six PRB riders who would take part in the next race. They are young talents who have extraordinary abilities. In addition, local riders also have the advantage of better field recognition than other riders who take part in the TdS.Iqbal said during the Tour de Singkarak event, the PRB's achievement occupied fourth place for Indonesian riders in 2015. He is optimistic that the achievement can increase at this year's event. Tour de Singkarak 2019 will be participated in by bicycle clubs from various countries. 19 clubs have registered to the organizer to compete for the prize worth Rp2.3 billion. Of the 22 teams, there are 25 countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Brunei, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, France, Ireland, Iran, China, the Philippines, Spain, Eritrea, Germany, Russia, Mongolia, England Kingdom, Turkey, Moldova and Latvia. Technical Team Coordinator, Asep Cheppy Sulaiman said that the racers will travel 1,317.3 kilometers during the 9-stage race in West Sumatra and Jambi.

The Indonesian junior badminton team won the "BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships" and won the Suhandinata Cup for the first time after defeating China in the final with a score of 3-1. The women's doubles number led by Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma / Putri Syaikah was the decisive victory of Indonesia in the fourth party after defeating Li Yi Jing / Tan Ning 16-21, 25-23, 21-13 for one hour 28 minutes, according to bwfbadminton.com data, Saturday (5/10).In this match, Indonesia was ahead of China by scoring 2-0 through a mixed double sector, Daniel Marthin / Indah Cahya Sari Jamil who defeated Feng Yan Zhe / Lin Fang Ling (21-18, 18-21, 21-11) and through the women's singles, Putri Kusuma Wardani who won over Zhou Meng 21-18, 20-22, 21-14. But Indonesia's was delayed in the third party when Bobby Setiabudi who competed in the men's singles number had to be defeated Liu Liang 17-21, 21-17, 20-22.

Indonesian Badminton pair: Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti and Ribka Subagyo came out as champion for the doubles of the Yuzu Indonesia Masters 2019, after defeating fellow Indonesian players: Della Destiara Haris and Rizki Amelia Pradipta.Playing in the All Indonesian Final in the Ken Arok Sports Hall (GOR) Malang, East Java, Sunday (6/10), Siti and Rebekah played off to face their seniors. As a result, they were both able to win the tournament with two direct games, 23-21, and 21-15. Meanwhile, the Indonesian mixed doubles pair: Adnan Maulana / Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso failed to win the Indonesia Masters 2019 title. Certainty was obtained after the final round, Adnan / Mychelle lost to Guo Xin Wa / Zhang Shu Xian in a rubber game battle with a score of 21-18, 16-21 and 28-26. A fierce battle indeed took place in the deciding set, where Adnan and Mychelle almost won the title after getting four match point opportunities, 20-19, 22-21, 25-24, and 26-25. However, luck seemed to favor the Chinese couple. When Adnan / Mychelle won 26-25, Guo and Zhang actually got three points in a row and reversed the situation to close the match with a score of 26-28 to excel Guo and Zhang.

The Indonesian Junior League (IJL) Squad Elite who competed in the Malaysia Borneo Football Cup 2019 U-14 tournament defeated Makati Football Club team in the final with a narrow score: 1-0 in the final match which took place at Likas Stadium, Sabah, Kinabalu City, Malaysia on Saturday (October 5).Previously in the semifinal match, IJL Elite defeated the Indonesia Muda team, Semarang, and the Makati Football Club beat the TABS Malaysia team. The single goal of IJL Elite's victory against Makati FC was netted by Bagas Prayoga in extra time through the golden goal system. Previously, both teams played out without any goal in the first round. The winning goal was created in the first minute of added time by Bagas Prayoga who took advantage of the hard throwing ball of his co-player, Syaubyhaky, while ending the match. Other Indonesian soccer teams also made achievements in the Malaysia Borneo Football Cup 2019 tournament. The Indonesia Young Semarang Team won second place in the lower age group 15 years (U15). First place was won by the Makati FC team through penalty.

Raja Sapta Oktohari was unanimously elected as Chief of the Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) for the 2019-2023 period at the KOI Congress at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Kuningan, Jakarta, Wednesday (9/10/2019). He is not a new figure in Indonesian sports. The man born in Jakarta, October 15, 1975 was a professional boxing promoter through the Crown Promotion. In addition, the man who is now 43 years old is the Chairperson of the Indonesian Bicycle Sport Association (PB ISSI) Executive Board for the 2015-2019 period and was elected for the second time for the 2019-2024 period. However, he has already submitted his resignation from his position as Head of PB ISSI which is a condition for the nomination of the KOI general chairman. In addition, Raja Sapta who is familiarly called ‘Okto’ was also the Chairperson of the 2018 Asian Para Games (INAPGOC) Organizing Committee and the Indonesian contingent's Chief de Mission (CdM) for the 2016 Rio Olympics.According to Raja Sapta Oktohari, the main point is the 2019 SEA Games, because time is passing so fast, let alone undergoing a process of government transition on which the incumbent President is about to be inaugurated on October 20, 2019. Afterwards,  it will be known who the next Minister of Youth and Sports is. Because this is about the budget that will be used for the SEA Games later.

Indonesia holds the 2019 Nias Pro International Surfing Championship. 15 countries participate in the event which has taken place on September 10-15. One participant from Venezuela, female surfer Rosanny Alvarez, admitted in Nias on Wednesday that she is challenged by the "ferocity" of the waves on the Sorake Coast, South Nias, North Sumatra, which she had heard from fellow surfers in advance.Meanwhile, another participant, Robert Peterson of the World Surf League (WSL) said that the wave at Sorake Beach is one of the best in the world so it is worthy of holding an international-level surfing competition. Nias Pro International Surfing 2019 is participated by 126 surfers from various countries.The Nias Pro International Surfing event is part of the Sail Nias 2019 event which will culminate on September 14. According to the schedule, the top event will be attended by President Joko Widodo.

The jet ski athlete, Aqsa Sutan Aswar lives up to the name of Indonesia by winning the P1 Aquacross Round-4 jet ski championship in the United States.At the Jet ski Championship held in Pensacola Beach, Florida, United States, September 7-8, Aqsa became the best in the highest class being contested namely the Pro Endurance 300. In the championship which was also participated in by world-class jet ski champions, it took place as many as 4 mottos. Aside from Aqsa Sutan Anwar, another Indonesian jet ski athlete, Aero Sutan Anwar who is Aqsa's brother also took part.Chairman of PP IJBA, Saiful Sutan Aswar said that he was satisfied with the appearance of his athletes Aqsa and Aero. Although, both did not have enough rest time after undergoing a long flight from Jakarta. His athlete could quickly adapt upon arrival in America.With these results, the man who is familiarly called Fully, hopes to become a major asset in the World Finals World Championship in October 2019. Based on the plan, Aero and Aqsa will take part in the event.

A series of celebrations for the 2019 National Sports Day (Haornas) in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan was marked by a record celebration of the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI). More than 5,500 karateka were present in Banjarmasin City to demonstrate Kata 1 and Kata 2, two basic movements in karate on Sunday (8/9) morning.The participants consisted of various ages, ranging from children to parents from various regions in South Kalimantan. The activity was centered on the Merdeka Bridge, Martapura River, Banjarmasin City. The participants followed a movement led directly by Governor of South Kalimantan, Sahbirin Noor on the stage which is located at the intersection of Jalan Veteran and Jalan RE Martadinata.Before breaking the karate record, Gowes Nusantara 2019 stage at Banjarmasin was held. More than 5,000 bike riding participants registered to take part in this activity to ride a bicycle touring a distance of 24.9 kilometers. The highlight of the 2019 Haornas celebration will be held Sunday night at Menara Pandang Siring, Banjarmasin's new icon on the banks of the Martapura River. National Sports Day - Haornas 2019 was closed with a ceremony led by Minister of Youth and Sports, Imam Nahrawi on Monday morning, 9 September coinciding with the National Sports Day.

Finally, Indonesia as the host has fulfilled the target of appearing as the general champion of the 2019 Southeast Asian Student Games (ASG) in Semarang, Central Java after collecting the most medals in the final match on Tuesday (23/7). Not only appearing as the general champion, Indonesia managed to surpass the medal target of the planned 36 gold announced earlier. In total, the hosts obtained 43 gold medals, 34 silver and 25 bronze, winning by ten gold from Thailand that finished second with 33 gold, 31 silver and 35 bronze, followed by Malaysia (18-25-34). Cambodia is the only contingent that did not win a medal from ten participating countries. Badminton branch complements the strength of the host Indonesia by wiping out all seven numbers contested. In addition to badminton, Pencak Silat also managed to show dominance by making seven out of ten gold medals that were contested, far surpassing the target of five gold. Chairman of the Indonesian Contingent, Yayan Rubaeni could not hide his joy with the achievement of several branches that exceeded the target. He said ‘Thanks God’; the target was exceeded because of the hard work of the athletes, coaches and all parties. Another branch that showed surprising achievements according to Yayan was athletics with 11 gold medals, because the original target was only eight gold medals. In addition to athletics, another sport that exceeded the target at the student sports party was swimming, which got 13 gold medals, from the initial target of 12 gold.

The international paragliding competition in West Java, the World Championship and Culture Festival 2019 in Sumedang is an arena to promote West Java as a world-class tourist destination. The paragliding championship will be held on 2-8 October 2019 and will be held for the first time with around 80 pilots from 20 countries to participate. This event will be used as a means to promote Sumedang tourism as ‘paradise’ as well as international paragliding destination. Regent of Sumedang, Donny Ahmad Murnir in his meeting with Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya at the Office of the Ministry of Tourism, Sapta Pesona Building in Jakarta on Thursday (25/7) reported the preparation of the West Java World Championship and Culture Festival 2019. He explained that there are 3 considerations for Sumedang in holding the West Java World Championship and Culture Festival 2019. First, Sumedang is an area that has a very good place for air sports, especially paragliding for competition at the level of accuracy and "cross country", and it’s good for "Fun fly" or fly happily over the Jatigede Dam. Secondly, Sumedang has cultural and tourism potential that cannot be found elsewhere so it gets the nickname 'Sundanese Culture Puseur' or Sundanese Cultural Center. Third, there is support of cooperation with the tourism industry, the Regional Government of West Java Province, FASI Paragliding, communities, including the media or as a tourism Pentahelix element. Minister Arief Yahya appreciates the holding of the West Java World Championship and Culture Festival 2019 event which will bring about positive impacts to improve the economy of the local community.

Minister of Youth and Sports, Imam Nahrawi inaugurated the new logo of Indonesian Open X-sport Championship (IOXC), which was held at the Wisma Kemenpora Auditorium on Thursday (25/7). He said that the new logo will open the widest opportunity for sponsors to provide support for extreme sports. He also stated that with the logo change, it is hoped that there would be a new spirit in spurring the rise of extreme sports in Indonesia. The new logo of IOXC is currently consisting of bright colors like yellow orange to provide fresh, fresh nuances, blue on the background depicting good luck, red that signifies bravery, and white which means safe and peaceful.IOXC is a multi-branch x-sport championship, starting from Aggressive Inline Skate, Skateboard, Freestyle BMX, Battle B-Boys, Freestyle Football and Freestyle Basketball. IOXC is also able to produce athletes who have successfully won medals at the 2018 Asian Games. Minister Imam also explained that x-sport in Indonesia is quite developing. With the IOXC, it is hoped that extreme sports are seen as not only sports creations, but also achievements. The 11th IOXC Championship will be held in Karang Anyar, Central Java on October 25-27. IOXC participants are representatives from several provinces in Indonesia and some foreign countries that subscribe to IOXC every year such as France, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

The two-finger horizontal signal from the stands of the 2019 World Deaf Championships motivated Indonesian deaf athlete, Ilyas Rachman when gaining three gold medlas from this event. Ilyas said in a sign language interpreted by his mother, Andriany Trilestary to ANTARA in Karawang, West Java, on Wednesday afternoon (24/5) after returning from the tournament held in Taiwan. Badminton competition without hearing and speaking made the man born in Karawang on May 14 2001 rely on the visual movement of the shuttlecock in the air and this is the power of Ilyas. In the men's singles final, Ilyas defeated Hong Kong athlete, Lau Ch with the score 21-19 and 21-15. He won the second gold from the men's doubles with Salim Mandek after defeating Indian pair, Anand / Kusghara, with the score 18-21, 21-14 and 22-20. While the third gold he gained after pairing with Dzakiya Amalia Ma'ruf (17) in the mixed doubles by defeating Indian pair: Hkt Anand / Jelin with the score 21-18 and 22-20. The glorious and enchanting appearance of Ilyas made the international spectator spill support by pointing two flat fingers towards the arena. Interpreter of the sign language from the School of Special Education Teachers (SGPLB) Bandung, Tolibul Hadi said that the two flat fingers with a wavy swing is a visualization of a red and white flag arranged horizontally. The two-finger sign was again seen when the medal surrender ceremony was held and Indonesia’s flag was hoisted on the podium.