Asian Games 2018: Operation Engineering Men’s Men’s Relay Team Needs to be Improved
Indonesia’s men’s relay team for the 2018 Asian Games continues to improve the technique of passage of the baton and the improvement of each athlete’s time after winning the South Korean Open in Yecheon City on Saturday 16 June 2018.
“We have to sharpen all the techniques, strengths, and time records of all the athletes,” he said.
The Indonesian men’s relay team consisting of Yaspi Boby, Fadlin, Eko Rimbawan and Bayu Kertanegara won gold in the 2018 Korean Open championship after posting 39.76 seconds.
The Red and White team beat South Korea host team which took 40.61 seconds and Hong Kong team 41.06 seconds.
“Our athletes are not training at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium because they are still closed for preparations for the opening of the Asian Games,” said Eni.
Eni hopes Indonesian athletes as the host can practice at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium after the opening ceremony of Asian Games on 18 August.
“We will race on August 25. Hopefully the process of dismantling the stage is not long,” he said.
In the championship in South Korea, the composition of the Indonesian relay team is not reinforced by young athletes. Then Muhammad Zohri as they practiced in the United States last March.
The national training camp PB PASI sent Then to the Asian junior championship in Gifu, Japan, in early June. Senior athlete Yaspi Boby enters the relay team and replaces Then.
“We still have a preparation for at least a month, I think the results achieved until now are good enough,” Eni said after the race in South Korea to prepare for the 2018 Asian Games.
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