Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesia will notfully participate in all of the 40 swimming sports branch events in the 31st SoutheastAsian Games (SEA Games 31) scheduled for May 12-23 in Hanoi, Vietnam, accordingto the Indonesian News Agency Antara.
By sending 16 swimmers, Indonesia can only participate in 35 events,Antara cited swimming national team head coach Albert C. Susanto as saying in avideo statement from Central KONI on April 19.
From the start, the Indonesian SwimmingAssociation Central Organiser (PB PRSI) did prepare 22 athletes for the 31st editionof the biggest sports event in Southeast Asia. The swimming sports branch onlyreceived the quota of 16 athletes from the Youth and Sports Ministry, accordingto the news agency.
However, Sutanto said Indonesia has the potential to secure six to seven goldmedals.
According to the head coach, the biggest potential lies in four events,specifically the 50-meter and 200-meter men's backstroke, and 400-meter men'sand women's medley.
For the men's 50m backstroke, Indonesia willfield I Gede Siman Sudartawa, who had bagged a gold medal in the previous SEA Gamesin the Philippines in 2019, while Farrel Armandio Tangkas will compete in the200m men’s backstroke.
Aflah Fadlan Prawira and Azzahra Permatahani will participate in the 400m men'sand women's medley./.