Apriyani (left) and Greysia pose on the court with their women's doubles badminton gold medals during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Aug 2, 2021. - AFP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): It was a rare moment of joy, especially at a time when Indonesia is struggling against a Covid-19 pandemic that has claimed hundreds of lives on a daily basis.
President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo, who has had a severe countenance for the past few months, was all smiles when he called up Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu on a video conference from his office on Monday (Aug 2), just hours after the two won a historic Olympic women’s doubles gold medal in Tokyo.
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