Breadfruit (malangkota.go.id) – Ahead of the 2025th East Java Provincial Sports Week (Porprov) 28 in Malang Raya (Malang City, Malang Regency, and Batu City) which will officially take place from June 2025, 5 to July 2025, 750, XNUMX Malang City athletes will take part in the activities character-building for two days (11-12 June 2025) at the Indonesian Navy Base Command Headquarters (Lanal) Malang.
"Facing tomorrow's competition, we hope they are ready physically, mentally, and so on. That's why we bring in speakers who can build motivation psychologically, and we build to be able to maintain solidarity," he explained, Wednesday (11/6/2025).
In the IX East Java Porprov this time, Wahyu said that Malang City has set an ambitious target of 162 medals in total. Wahyu assessed that this target is quite realistic considering Malang City's track record of achievements so far. Moreover, in the Hapkido sports competition which was previously held on June 9-10, 2025, Malang City managed to win eight gold medals from the target of three gold medals previously set.
Wahyu hopes that the achievement of the Hapkido branch can be a spark for other branches in the upcoming East Java IX Porprov. "Our target is a total of 162 medals. In the opening yesterday we targeted three golds, but we were able to get eight medals. Hopefully this can be an opening path to get the best achievements," he hoped.
Met on the same occasion, the Head of the Youth, Sports and Tourism Service (Disporapar) of Malang City, Baihaqi, said that the activity character building This was held as part of Malang City's preparation for the IX East Java Porprov. This activity was attended by 750 of the total 1.142 athletes who will compete in the IX Porprov.
"Athletes who are unable to take part in this activity due to urgent activities, such as exams at school, there are sports that... try out out of town, and others. Even so, they will follow in the afternoon or evening," he explained.
Furthermore, Baihaqi said that the implementation of the IX East Java Porprov in Malang City is an extraordinary potential for Malang City. It is estimated that 22.283 people from the regional contingents of participants will be in Malang City during the implementation of the IX East Java Porprov. Therefore, Baihaqi emphasized the commitment of Malang City to be a good host for the IX East Java Porprov.
"As one of the hosts of the IX East Java Porprov, Malang City has planned four successes, success in organizing as the best host, success in achieving not only ordinary but extraordinary achievements, success in empowering the community's economy, and finally success in administrative accountability," he concluded. (iu/yn)
