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SEA Games 31: Indonesian sports delegation targets top four

The Indonesian sports delegation to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) is targeting to rank in the top four at the biggest regional sport event that will take place in Vietnam from May 12 to 23.
SEA Games 31: Indonesian sports delegation targets top four ảnh 1Indonesian U23 players arrive in Vietnam to attend SEA Games 31 (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian sports delegation to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) is targeting to rank inthe top four at the biggest regional sport event that will take place inVietnam from May 12 to 23.

"(This is) because the SEA Games is a secondarytarget to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, and this time, we will try tostay in the top four," Antar news agency quoted Ferry Kono, head of theIndonesian sport delegation, as saying in an interview broadcast on thePresidential Secretariat's YouTube channel on May 9.

Kono expressed optimism that President Joko Widodo's aspirations conveyed atthe team's dispatch ceremony at the Merdeka Palace on May 9 would motivate andboost the athletes' sense of nationalism to deliver achievements in SEA Games31.

For this SEA Games, Indonesia dispatches a strong delegation, of 778 members comprising499 athletes and 214 officials as well as 63 assistants.

The athletes will compete in 318 events and 32 sports out of the 40 sportsbranches.

According to Ferry, the delegation has started to depart from May 3 and willcontinue in stages. Some have arrived in Hanoi, and some will depart after thedispatch ceremony.

Indonesia was earlier placed fifth in the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore and the2017 SEA Games in Malaysia. The country had then secured fourth place in the2019 SEA Games in the Philippines./.
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