Zohri's victory became something phenomenal for Indonesia

PT Pegadaian (Persero) gave appreciation to the young Indonesian sprinter Then Muhammad Zohri, who won the gold after being the fastest in the 100 meters at the U-20 Athletic World Championships (IAAF) in Tampere, Finland, Wednesday, July 1, 2018.

The form of appreciation from the Pawnshop on the achievements of the newly achieved Zohri is to provide bonuses to Pelatnas athletes that amounted to 1 kilogram of gold savings or equivalent to Rp600 million.

According to Harianto, this bonus can be used by Zohri as his retirement savings later, this savings have a good protection value because in the form of gold. I hope Zohri can focus and concentrate for the 2018 Asian Games later, as I see he has the potential to become a black horse at the Asian Games later, "added Harianto.

Appreciation from Pawnshop is expected to be a stimulus for the sports world of Indonesia. "Hopefully this appreciation can foster the spirit of athletes and athlete candidates not to hesitate in achieving the highest achievement.A young athlete must be diligent, never give up, have a high work ethic, then the achievement will come with time, close Harianto.

As already known, Zohri outperformed two sprinters from the United States, Anthony Schwartz and Eric Harrison at the World Athletics Championships (IAAF) U-20 in Finland with a time of 10.18 seconds.

Zohri's victory became something phenomenal for Indonesia. Previously, since held 32 years ago, the best performance sprinter Indonesia only finish in 8th position and it happened in 1986. Now the record was broken by Zohri, 18-year-old Asian Games athlete.