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    General Chairperson of the Central KONI Marciano Norman and his staff inspected the preparation of the Indonesian archery team for the SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam at the GBK archery field, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (13/4/2022). (ANTARA/HO-KONI Center) AKARTA – Chairperson of the Executive Board of the All-Indonesian Archery Association (PB Perpani) Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal said the Indonesian archery team was getting closer to the implementation SEA Games Hanoi Vietnam, 12-23 Mei 2022. “Though these athletes have a very short time in carrying out the national training to take part in the Hanoi SEA Games, but with the chemistry that I have seen during their practice, they are quite compatible and compact,” said Illiza on the sidelines of the visit of the Central KONI at the Gelora Bung Karno archery field in Jakarta. Illiza is also optimistic that the Red and White squad can achieve maximum results at the Hanoi...

    Mum is the motivating factor for Kayalvhily to hit the bullseye in the Vietnam SEA Games. The 23-year-old woman compound archer is bent on shooting to a gold in her debut so that she can use the incentive from the win for the medical expenses of her sick mother. Under the National Sports Council’s incentive scheme, a gold medal is worth RM20,000. For Kayalvhily, who was roped into the national team just three months ago, her mother is the pillar of strength as the family was abandoned by her father when she was just a baby. Kayalvhily was sent to an orphanage at the age of 12 after her mother fell sick and had to go to a nursing home. But it was at the Ramakhrisna Orphanage in Penang where she discovered her love for archery. “What happened was my coach G. Shamani, who is a former national archer, came to the orphanage six years ago. She picked me and two others to learn the sport,” said Kayalvhily, who is currently a first-year management student a...