Tutup Pelaksanaan PON, Wapres Tinggalkan Tiga Catatan Penting

JAYAPURA - Penyelenggaraan PON XX Tahun 2021 resmi ditutup Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia Ma'ruf Amin, Jumat (15/20/2021) pukul 19:41 WIT di Stadion Lukas Enembe, Kampung Harapan, Kabupaten Jayapura.

Dalam sambutan, Wakil Presiden (Wapres) Republik Indonesia, Ma'ruf Amin membeberkan tiga catatan penting yang membuat pelaksanaan PON XX Tahun 2021 yang telah sukses diselenggarakan sejak tanggal 2 hingga 15 Oktober 2021 tidak mudah untuk dilakukan.

Tiga catatan penting itu adalah guna mendukung PON XX, pembangunan infrastruktur olahraga yang dilakukan sangat masif dengan standar kualitas internasional.

Kedua, lokasi venue PON XX dengan 44 arena tersebar di empat kluster yaitu Kota Jayapura, Kabupaten Jayapura, Mimika dan Merauke yang membuat Iven nasional kali ini sangat unik.

"Dan jarak antara venue merupakan yang paling terjauh dan belum pernah ada di penyelenggaraan PON selama ini," ungkap Wapres Ma'ruf Amin.

Catatan ketiga, bahwa PON XX Tahun 2021 ini diselenggarakan dalam kondisi pandemi Covid 19 yang menuntut kerja extra dengan pelaksanaan protokol kesehatan yang ketat namun bisa terlaksana hingga rampung dengan sangat baik.

"Bagi saya, ini merupakan PON tersulit yang bisa diselenggarakan tapi ternyata warga Papua bukan saja mampu menyelenggarakannya tetapi warga papua bahkan berhasil menyelenggarakannya dengan sempurna," katanya.

Ia juga menyampaikan selamat bagi masyarakat papua karena sukses penyelenggaraan PON XX telah menunjukan bahwa Papua bukan cuma sejajar dengan provinsi di Indonesia tetapi dalam beberapa aspek justru lebih unggul.

"Ini sesuai dengan semboyan Torang bisa, dan Torang bisa bukan hanya semboyan tetapi nyata dan terbukti," tambah Ma'ruf Amin.

Beberapa catatan penting lain dalam Iven nasional Tahun 2021 di Papua ini adalah, KONI pusat mencatat ada 60 rekor baru tercipta di PON XX. Lima diantara tercipta di cabang olahraga selam.

Dari 37 cabor, 65 disiplin 681 nomor pertandingan, Provinsi Jawa Barat menjadi juara umum dan penyelenggaran PON XXI tahun 2024 akan diselenggarakan di Aceh dan Sumatera Utara. ***

JAYAPURA - The implementation of National Sports Week XX 2021 was officially closed by Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Ma'ruf Amin, Friday (15/20/2021) at 19:41 Eastern Zone Time at Lukas Enembe Stadium, Kampung Harapan, Jayapura Regency.

In his speech, Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ma'ruf Amin revealed three important notes that make the implementation of National Sports Week XX 2021 which has been successfully held from October 2 to 15, 2021 is not easy to do.

The three important records are to support National Sports Week XX, the development of sports infrastructure carried out is very massive with international quality standards.

Second, the location of National Sports Week XX venue with 44 arenas spread across four clusters namely Jayapura City, Jayapura Regency, Mimika Regency and Merauke Regency which makes the national event this time very unique.

"And the distance between the venues is the furthest and has never been in the implementation of National Sports Week so far," said Vice President Ma'ruf Amin.

The third note, that event is held in the condition of the Covid-19 pandemic which demands extra work with the implementation of strict health protocols but can be implemented until it is completed very well.

"For me, this is the hardest event that can be held but it turns out that Papuans are not only able to organize it but even managed to organize it perfectly," he said.

He also congratulated the people of Papua because the successful implementation of National Sports Week XX has shown that Papua is not only in line with the provinces in Indonesia but in some aspects it is superior.

"This is in accordance with the motto Torang Bisa not only motto but real and proven," added Ma'ruf Amin.

Some other important records in the national event 2021 in Papua are, Central KONI recorded there are 60 new records created in National Sports Week XX. Five of them are created in diving sports.

From 37 sports, 65 disciplines and 681 match numbers, West Java Province became the general champion and the 2024 National Sports Week XXI event will be held in Aceh and North Sumatra. ***