Six active students from Faculty of Communication Science (FIKOM) in Universitas Islam Riau (UIR) was ready to compete in Perpov X Riau Championship 2022 in Kuansing, Riau. Defri Gunawan as a delegate of Pekanbaru in rafting sport, Rufa Eliza and Geofany joined Petanque competition. Also, Ginanjar Melina, Yundri Aspiman, Fikri Roza, Muhammad Rian Amsyah and Asbul Mizan participated in the event.
The opening of Perpov Riau X held in Teluk Kuantan Sport Center stadium, Kuantan tengah on Saturday (12/11/2022), at 18:00 WIT (Western Indonesia Time). Attended by 4.456 athletes, coaches and officials from 12 regencies and towns.
From the varieties of the sports those FIKOM UIR students joined, in rafting sport achieved a medal. Based on the @bemfikom_uir Instagram’s account, that glorious achievement has been achieved by Defri Gunawan as a delegate of Pekanbaru, got a silver medal in R4 DRR class, meanwhile in R6 class Mix Slalom got a bronze medal in Pekan Olahraga Provinsi (Perprov) yang ke X in Kuantan Singingi, Riau (22/11/2022).
Defri Gunawan said that rafting competition was his first. The preparation before the event, he done it for one month. Nevertheless, he was glad because he could honor Pekanbaru as the winner.
“Rafting sport in Perpov X Kuansing has four competitions, sprint, Drr, Head To Head, Slalom. I joined Drr and Slalom competitions that held for four days, started from 18 until 21 of November 2022. Slalom is a sport rafting in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles that been prepared by the crews. Whilst, Drr is race between the opponent by face the obstacles given by the crews. I had 16 teammates in my team. Our opponents were from 6 regencies” said Defri Gunawan being interviewed via DM, on Thursday (8/12/2022) 19:57 WIT (Western Indonesia Time)
Author: Tedy Syahlan
Editor: Happy Wulandari
