In recent days, the story of the No. 1 star of Southeast Asia – Rivan Nurmulki has not been named on the list of Indonesian Volleyball Teams participating in ASIAD 19 received much attention.
After much expectation of the re -export of the National Team attending the Asian Games 2023 in China after a period of absence, all had to receive disappointment when Rivan was not called.
Many people believe that it was Rivan's criticism about the Indonesian volleyball federation to neglect the team from international tournaments that made this team fall on the world rankings that made him “estranged”.
Many debate on social networks surrounding Rivan's absence in the list of Indonesian volleyball teams to attend ASIAD 19 were announced. Many people are on his side and call for fairness.
However, in the latest development, Rivan asked all to stop these controversy. On his personal account, this number 1 passed he accepted the decision from these managers.
“I respect the current decision, the changes are necessary for progress.” Those are Rivan's brief sharing about this time. Currently, Arabi and Boys are replaced.
Earlier, Rivan was also absent in the Indonesian volleyball team at AVC Challenge Cup 2023 as well as Sea V.League 2023 and the Asian Championship volleyball tournament 2023.
Except for Sea V.League, the Indonesian male volleyball team competed not as expected at the other two tournaments.