Sukses Prestasi PON XX, KONI Minta Dukungan Adat

Komite Olahraga  Nasional Indonesia (KONI) Provinsi Papua meminta dukungan masyarakat adat mendukung Training Center (TC) atlet-atlet Papua yang akan berlaga di Pekan Olahraga Nasional (PON) XX tanggal 02-13 Oktober 2021 mendatang.

“Kami meminta dukungan dari masyarakat adat yang berada disekitar venue atau tempat latihan olahraga untuk mensuport atlet-atlet kita yang sedang mempersiapkan diri menghadapi PON,”pinta Kepala Bidang Pembinaan Prestasi (Binpres) KONI Papua, DR. Fredrik Sokoy, S.Sos, M.Sos disela-sela dialog olahraga yang digelar TVRI Papua. 

Saat ini,kata Sokoy,pemerintah sedang membangun berbagai venue olahraga bertaraf internasional guna mensukseskan penyelenggaraaan PON XX dan juga untuk pengembangan olahraga prestasi Papua di masa depan.

“Saat ini, pemerintah membangun venue-venue PON bertaraf internasional yang perlu di jaga seluruh elemen masyarakat termasuk tokoh adat. Papua jadi tuan rumah lagi mungkin 50 atau 100 tahun lagi. Makanya kita minta masyarakat mendukung perhelatan olahraga ini,”harapnya.

Pembantu Rektor (Purek) IV Universitas Cenderawasih itu juga mengajak seluruh pelatih dan atlet Papua untuk menjalani latihan dengan sungguh-sungguh agar mampu meraih prestasi terbaik di PON. “Ini PON pertama di Papua dan kita ingin agar atlet-atlet meraih prestasi terbaik sehinga tercatat dalam sejarah,” tandas Fredrik Sokoy.

Ditempat yang sama, Wakil Sekretaris KONI Papua Drs. Daud Ngabalin,M.Si mengatakan saat ini KONI memfokuskan TC atau pemusatan latihan atle-atlet Papua untuk persiapan menghadapi laga di PON XX.

“Mereka bukan hanya disiapkan untuk PON XX tetapi untuk jangka panjang disiapkan juga untuk PON XXI yang akan digelar di Provinsi Nanggroe Aceh Darusalam dan Sumatera Utara,”katanya.

Dikemukakan Ngabalin, atlet Papua yang disiapkan menuju PON XX sebanyak 1028 atlet. 445 atlet diantaranya merupakan atlet utama Papua yang dalam waktu memasuki TC Sentralisasi. Sedangkan 583 atlet madya menjalani pelatihan terpusat desentralisasi dengan berlatih dari rumah masing-masing.

“KONI Papua bersama Puslatprov, pelatih dan atlet bersama-sama mempersiapkan kontingen Papua untuk siap tampil di PON XX,” ujarnya.

KONI Papua menargetkan prestasi terbaik di PON XX. Kontingen Papua diharapkan masuk 5 besar Se-Indonesia dan juara pertama diluar pulau Jawa.

The Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) of Papua asks indigenous support to support the Training Center (TC) of Papuan athletes who will compete in the National Sports Week XX on 02-13 October 2021.

"We ask for support from indigenous peoples who are around the venue or sports training ground to support our athletes who are preparing National Sports Week," said Head of Achievement Coaching of KONI Papua, DR. Fredrik Sokoy,S.Sos.M.Sos interssed sports dialogue held by TVRI Papua.

Currently, said Sokoy, the government is building various international sports venues to succeed National Sports Week XX and also for the development of Papuan achievement sports in the future.

"Currently, the government builds international PON venues that need to be maintained by all elements of society including indigenous people. Papua will be a host again maybe in 50 or 100 years. That's why we ask the public to support this sport," hopefully.

Rector Assistant IV of Cenderawasih University also invited all Papuan coaches and athletes to undergo training in earnest in order to achieve the best achievement in National Sports Week. "This is the first National Sports Week in Papua and we want the athletes to achieve the best achievement so it will be recorded in history," said Fredrik Sokoy.

In the same place, KONI Papua Deputy Secretary Drs. Daud Ngabalin,M.Si said that KONI is currently focusing TC or concentration on athletes' training in preparation of National Sports Week XX.

"They are not only prepared for National Sports Week XX but for the long term prepared also for National Sports Week XXI which will be held in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province and North Sumatra," he said.

Ngabalin said, there are 1028 athletes who prepared for National Sports Week XX. 445 athletes are Papua's main athletes who are in time to enter TC centralization. Meanwhile, 583 athletes undergo decentralized centralized training by practicing from their own homes.

"KONI Papua together with Puslatprov, coaches and athletes together prepare the Papuan contingent to be ready to perform at PON XX,"he said.

KONI Papua targets the best achievements in PON XX. The Papuan contingent is expected to enter Indonesia's top 5 and first place outside java.