Day: October 15, 2021

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) – Papua officially handed over the PON baton to Aceh and North Sumatra, who will host the largest sporting event in the country in 2024.

At Lukas Enembe Stadium, Jayapura district on Friday night, the patriotic song Bagimu Negeri was played as the PON flag was lowered, marking the end of PON Papua.

Then, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe and daily chairman of Papua PON management, Yunus Wonda, returned the PON flag to the Central National Sports Committee (KONI) chairman Marciano Norman.

In turn, Norman handed over the PON flag to representatives of Aceh and North Sumatra, who will host the 2024 PON.

Norman first handed over the PON flag to the regional secretary of Aceh Taqwallah, who represented the Governor of Aceh, Ir. H. Nova Iriansyah.

Next, he gave the PON host baton to the Governor of North Sumatra, Edy Rahmayadi.

After the PON flag handover, Aceh artistes performed the Ratoh Duek dance, while North Sumatra artistes performed the traditional dances of Nias, Karo, and Toba.

In 2024, for the first time, PON will be held in two provinces, as stipulated in the decree of the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs No. 71 of 2020 concerning the determination of the Aceh provincial government and the Government of North Sumatra as the hosts of the XXI PON National Sports Week in 2024.

At this year’s PON at Papua, the West Java contingent retained its general champion title by collecting 133 gold, 105 silver, and 115 bronze medals.

The Jakarta contingent ranked second with 110 golds, 91 silvers, and 100 bronzes. Meanwhile, the East Java team came third with 110 golds, 89 silvers, and 88 bronzes.

Furthermore, Papua, the home team, collected 93 gold medals, 66 silver medals, and 102 bronze medals to rank fourth.

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin also attended the closing ceremony of PON Papua, a 7 p.m. Eastern Indonesia Standard Time on Friday.

Source: Antara News

Papua Governor Lukas Enembe bid farewell to PON Papua 2021 at the closing ceremony for the games, which was held at Lukas Enembe Stadium, Jayapura district on Friday night.

Governor Enembe said PON XX Papua ended with a closing event and the next PON will be held in 2024 in Aceh-North Sumatra.

“We will separate from the eastern horizon where the sun rises, the land of Papua. We will meet again in the twenty-first PON on the western horizon, where the sun sets, Aceh and North Sumatra,” he announced.

Enembe also congratulated the general champions of Papua PON— West Java province.

He said he hoped that the success of West Java will be an inspiration for other provinces to achieve many wins in the next PON.

“Congratulations to the province that won the general champion at the 2021 PON XX Papua; hopefully, the achievement can move other provinces on the next PON,” Enembe said.

At this year’s PON at Papua, the West Java contingent managed to hold on to its general champion title with a collection of 133 gold medals, 105 silver medals, and 115 bronzes.

The Jakarta contingent came second with 110 gold medals, 91 silver medals, and 100 bronzes. Meanwhile, third place was claimed by the East Java team, which collected 110 golds, 89 silvers, and 88 bronzes.

Meanwhile, Papua, the home team, collected 93 gold medals, 66 silver medals, and 102 bronzes to rank fourth.

The closing ceremony featured performances such as Aceh and North Sumatra traditional dances and famous Indonesian band, NOAH. Vice President Ma’ruf Amin officially closed the biggest sports event in the country.

More than seven thousand athletes competed in 37 sports and 56 disciplines at the PON.

The next PON will be held in Aceh and North Sumatra in 2024.

Source: Antara News

Women athletes dominated the medal achievements of the West Nusa Tenggara contingent at the XX Papua National Sports Week, an official has said.

“This is good news for women and the sports world. I am proud and thankful that 53 percent of the medals for West Nusa Tenggara are presented by women athletes. This is a form of gender equality in sports,” head of the Office of Women’s Empowerment, Child Protection, Population Control, and Family Planning (DP3AP2KB) of West Nusa Tenggara, Husnanidiaty Nurdin, said here on Friday.

In this year’s PON in Papua, the West Nusa Tenggara contingent ranked 9th, bagging a total of 38 medals—15 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze, she noted. Of the total, women athletes won eight gold medals, seven silver medals, and five bronze medals, she said.

According to her, this is an opportunity to support efforts for realizing gender equality and the fulfillment of women’s rights in all development sectors, including sports.

“These female athletes are important assets for the development of the nation. Therefore, the potential and abilities of these women must be supported by good empowerment efforts,” she said.

Regarding gender equality in sports, she said regulations had been made to encourage women’s participation. In addition, the Constitution has also mandated that there is no difference between men and women, she added.

“Women should motivate themselves and be committed. Let us achieve the highest achievement. We must prove that women can achieve their dreams. Let’s increase our capacity and quality so that women can equal or even exceed the achievements of men,” Nurdin remarked.

The achievements of these female athletes have defined the success of the West Nusa Tenggara province as the province with the best gender equality rate in the country, she added.

Earlier, the province had received the 2020 Parahita Ekapraya (APE) Award, which is a form of appreciation from the central government for the commitment and role of local governments in the development of women and children, especially through gender mainstreaming strategies.

Source: Antara News

Papua is not only rich in natural resources but also full of talented human resources, which has been evident in the successful implementation of the XX Papua National Sports Week (PON), Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said.

“It shows that Papua has become the elite power of national sports,” he remarked at the closing ceremony of the national sports event at the Lukas Enembe Stadium in Harapan village, Sentani sub-district, Jayapura district, Papua province on Friday evening.

The talents of the Papuan people will be the key to improving the welfare of the Land of the Bird-of-Paradise (‘Bumi Cenderawasih’, the title of Papua).

“The talents will bring advancement and prosperity to Papua,” Vice President Amin said.

By involving them in managing natural resources in Papua, it will be ensured that the resources provide the greatest benefit to the Papuan community, including the indigenous people, he added.

Hence, Amin encouraged all stakeholders in Papua to work hard to maintain the existing potential so that development acceleration can be realized immediately.

“We must continue to work hard to improve Papuan talents, thus they can thrive in all aspects to expedite the people’s welfare in Papua,” he said.

The Vice President also congratulated the host athletes for their achievement. The Papua contingent ranked fourth after bagging 93 gold medals, 66 silver medals, and 102 bronze medals.

“In addition to the successful implementation of the XX Papua PON, I would like to congratulate the Papua contingent’s achievements, which has improved from the eighth place at the 2016 West Java PON to the fourth place in this edition,” he added.

Meanwhile, West Java became the champion of the XX Papua PON after collecting a total of 353 medals, comprising 133 gold medals, 105 silver medals, and 115 bronze medals.

Source: Antara News