In addition to National Sports Week XX Papua in 2021, national athletes received invitations to strengthen the Indonesian contingent at the Vietnam Sea Games as well as the U-20 World Cup.
The General Secretary of Indonesian National Sports Committee Kenius Kogoya called on the national athletes to focus only on defending Papua's interests in National Sports Week XX next year.
It will be difficult for these athletes to excel having the National Sports Week and Sea Games in a very near time.
"There are already our athletes who have been summoned by the National Team for the Sea Games. Among them are swimming, diving, rowing and even for the Olympics as well".
"We don't have the courage to agree to the Sea Games because the time is very tight, if you have joined National Sports Week, there will be very few recovery times to participate in the Sea Games," said Kenius.
The implementation of National Sports Week XX Papua has been agreed by the Central Indonesian National Sports Committee held in October 2021. While Sea Games Tokyo, will take place in November 2021.
Therefore, he asked the athletes who defended Papua to have to choose one of the two events.
"And surely we at Indonesian National Sports Committee of Papua will direct them to all out in National Sports Week. For the next time he's going anywhere, let's be right. But the point is all Papuan athletes should focus first on defending the Papuan host in the National Sports Week event," he said.