Badminton player from Indonesia, Pramudya Kusumawardana has officially naturalized in Australia. He will replace the flag on his chest and is scheduled to return to competing in the mixed doubles sector at the BWF, with Nozomi Shimizu, an athlete from Japan who is also naturalized. .
Previously, the man who is often called Pram withdrew from the National Training (Pelatnas) of the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) at the end of last year. However, he stated that his resignation was aimed at continuing his education in the Kangaroo country.
It only took a few months until Pram was officially announced as an Australian athlete. It is quite possible that the athlete had planned to change the national emblem on his chest long ago.
As long as he wears the Red and White flag on his chest, Pram is a tepok bulu player whose achievements are taken into account. With his partner at that time, Jeremiah Rambitan, he recorded a number of achievements, even at international level.
In 2021, Pram and Jeremiah won the Spain Masters and Belgium International tournaments. Furthermore, in 2022, this tandem, often called Prayer, will excel in the Asian championship. Finally, in 2023, Pram and Jeremiah won the 2023 SEA Games.
Pram also made his name twice in the 2023 SEA Games. He also won in individual matches.
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However, due to Jeremiah’s injury in 2022, Pram had to change partners several times. Even though they returned to the 2023 SEA Games, this tandem failed to consistently maintain their performance.
It is for this reason that Pram allegedly resigned from the PBSI National Training Center and moved to Australia. In fact, when he first landed in Australia, Pram was only a coach at a club called Elite Badminton Academy.
However, he then contributed as a player and won three titles in local tournaments. For example, Pram won the men’s doubles and mixed doubles sectors in the tournament in Adelaide. Until finally this badminton player from West Java was officially naturalized by the Kangaroo country.
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Netizens also gave various comments. There were those who agreed with his decision, there were also those who made jokes regarding Pram.
“Brilliant decision,” said a netizen in an Instagram post regarding Pram’s naturalization.
“This is like someone asking to break up because they are focused on the National Examination (UN), but it turns out that the next day they are too busy walking with other people,” joked another netizen. (Z-10)
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