JAKARTA – Men’s badminton player Alwi Farhan is very open to receiving criticism and advice from anyone in his future journey as the key to maintaining his consistency on the playing field.
Alwi just won the men’s badminton gold medal at the 2025 Southeast Asian Games. In addition to the individual number, he also helped the men’s team retain the gold medal in the biennial event.
These performances have not made Alwi an easy man to please. He said his career path was still very long and he lacked the consistency to achieve higher performances.
“The path will certainly be full of temptations. The coach also warned me, my psychologist also warned me. So, I always have to listen to people’s criticism and advice because it can all wake me up. That’s the whole secret,” he said.
The 20-year-old will be Indonesia’s hope in the future, replacing Jonatan Christie and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting who are currently entering the end of their careers.
He is aware that the expectations of badminton fans and the Indonesian people will definitely be higher after being able to win a gold medal at the 2025 East Indonesia Games.
“I hope that in the future we can take care of the men’s part, me, Ubed (Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah), and the young people, quite a difficult task. Whatever the condition, we will not surrender and will always give our best in every match,” he said.
The performances obtained in Thailand allowed Alwi and his friends to obtain a significant bonus from the government. For individual numbers, they promise 1 billion Indonesian rupiah for those who get a gold medal.
Badminton brought home a total of three gold, three silver and four bronze medals from this multi-sport festival of Southeast Asian countries. This number made them emerge world champions.
In addition to being able to maintain the overall champion status of the 2023 Eastern Pacific Games, badminton also surpassed the gold target. They had only been invited to bring home two golds by Sports Minister Erick Thohir.
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