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Greysia Poli is an Indonesian badminton player. Greycia started
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her career as a women's and mixed doubles athlete.

She was paired with Heni Budiman and managed to reach the

semifinal stage at the 2003 Malaysia Satellite tournament. In
January 2013, Greysia was paired with Anggia Shitta Awanda,

WJC 2011 Runner Up in the Women's Doubles sector.
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In 2014, Greysia was paired with Nitya and managed to win a

gold medal in badminton in the women's individual doubles at
the 2014 Asian Games. In 2017, Greysia was paired with
Apriani Rahayu. Together with Apriani, she reached the peak
of her career and managed to make history as the first Red and
White women's doubles team to win an Olympic gold medal.

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No success is achieved without hard work and persistence. Osanando Naufal Khairudin has proved
it by winning the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championship in Vietnam.

Osa, whom people usually call him, always works hard to achieve his best. He practices various
physical endurance to achieve his excellent performance. He has to improve his punching and
kicking techniques. He strengthens his head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking.
Besides improving his taekwondo skills and techniques, he works on non-technical factors, namely

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