iMSPORT.TV – Indonesian teenage swimmer Adelia Chantika Aulia will make her debut at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand at the age of 14.
Chantika admitted she didn’t expect to make it to the national team, given her young age.
“God willing, this will be my debut at the SEA Games. Thank God, I’m quite happy, and I didn’t expect to qualify for the SEA Games, because there are so many seniors ahead of me. But thank God, I’m happy to represent Indonesia,” said the athlete, known as Chantika, when met at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Ahead of her departure, the athlete, who plays for the Millennium Aquatic Jakarta club, is focusing on regular training and increasing her independent training at home.
“I’m not allowed to go to the gym yet, so I just do my own physical training at home, like drills,” Chantika said.
Chantika plans to compete in four events: the 200-meter backstroke, the 100-meter backstroke, the 100-meter freestyle, and the 50-meter freestyle.
Of these four events, her greatest potential is predicted to be in the 200-meter backstroke.
Adelia Chantika Aulia, 14 Year Old Ready to Debut at 2025 SEA Games
“My coach said the 200-meter backstroke has the greatest potential, so I’m focusing on that,” said Chantika.
Chantika set a national record in the women’s 50-meter freestyle event with a time of 26.31 seconds, breaking her own previous national record of 26.43 seconds, set during the qualifying round of the 2025 Indonesian Aquatics Championships in May.
About a month later, Chantika broke the national record in the women’s 50-meter freestyle event at the 47th Sea Age Group Aquatics Championships 2025 at the WCH Arena, Singapore Sports Hub.
She set a national record in the women’s 50-meter freestyle event with a time of 26.15 seconds, breaking the previous national record of 26.17 seconds set by A.A Istri Kania Ratih Atmaja at the National Student Sports Week on September 23, 2019.
In preparation for her SEA Games debut, Chantika admitted to discussing with seniors, including swimmer I Gede Siman Sudartawa, to gain experience before competing in her first multi-event event.
Chantika began swimming at the age of six in Riau before moving to Tangerang and then training in Jakarta.
She said that competing in the SEA Games was one of her childhood dreams.
“Since I was little, I’ve dreamed of making it to the SEA Games, and then the Olympics, too, hopefully,” Chantika said.
At the 2025 Bahrain Asian Youth Games, Chantika won a silver medal in the women’s 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1 minute 3.94 seconds and a bronze medal in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle team event.
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