Klojen (malangkota.go.id) – The Mayor of Malang, Wahyu Hidayat officially released 1.142 athletes from the Malang City contingent who will compete in the 28th East Java Provincial Sports Week (Porprov) in Malang Raya on June 2025, 5 to July 2025, 18. The release of the contingent was marked by the Mayor of Malang pinning a hat on the athlete representative in the yard of Malang City Hall, Wednesday (6/2025/XNUMX).
In his speech, the Mayor of Malang encouraged the athletes and officials to be able to achieve achievements and make Malang City proud. Wahyu is optimistic that Malang City can achieve the target of 162 gold medals, and even exceed it. Wahyu also advised to maintain sportsmanship, especially considering that Malang City is one of the hosts of the biggest sporting event in East Java.
"We have the potential of 1.142 athletes. Hopefully, proud achievements will be born, which will not only increase the medal tally, but also shape the character of athletes who are tough, sporty, and have a champion mentality. Let's try our best, be enthusiastic, and always uphold an attitude of sportsmanship," he said.
Furthermore, Wahyu also encouraged all parties to continue to support the Malang City contingent in this event. Including his party has instructed all ASN in the Malang City Government to attend and provide direct support during the match. "Hopefully with the support of all of us, we can encourage the athletes to be able to give their best for Malang City so that they can successfully achieve the 4 Successes that are our aspirations. Success as a host, success in achievement, success in empowering the community's economy, and success in administration," he continued.
On the same occasion, the Head of the Youth, Sports, and Tourism Agency (Disporapar) of Malang City, Baihaqi, said that in this year's IX Porprov, Malang City sent a contingent with a total of 1.375 people consisting of athletes and coaches from 58 sports that were competed and competed. The Head of Disporapar also said that the preparation of the Malang City Contingent as a participant and host of the IX East Java Porprov this year had been carried out optimally. According to him, this readiness cannot be separated from the support of various parties, especially the Mayor of Malang, Deputy Mayor of Malang, Chairman of the DPRD, and all levels of the Malang City Government.
"Thanks to the support of all parties who accompanied us, all stages went smoothly. Today the Mayor has sent off the athletes directly, hopefully it will be a motivation to achieve achievements. Meanwhile, as the host, all venue "It is 100 percent ready to use," he said. (ari/yn)
