MIMIKA – There is a surprise in the sport (sport) billiards PON XX Papua 2021, where new athletes are able to beat their more senior opponents. The newcomer in question is M Faisal.
Faisal is a billiards athlete who represents the Papuan contingent at this year’s PON event. Faisal succeeded in overthrowing a senior billiard athlete named Yoni Rahmanto.
As the coach of the Papua Billiards Team, Agus Fakaubun, said, Faisal is a 19-year-old athlete. He is a new player in snooker billiards.
In the quarter-finals number 15 Reds Snooker, Faisal managed to beat Yoni Rahmanto who represented Central Java. Amazingly, the opponent he defeated was a national training player and also the defending champion who incised gold in the 2016 PON event.
“M Faisal is just learning to play snooker,” said Agus quoted from the official website of PON XX Papua, Thursday (10/7/2021).
“In the snooker number, our athlete is still new. But he managed to beat the national training athlete who incidentally won the West Java PON gold medal,” he added.