Apriyani Rahayu Ready To Fight At The 2024 Paris Olympics

JAKARTA The women's doubles badminton player, Apriyani Rahayu, is certain to be ready to appear at the 2024 Paris Olympics which will take place in the middle of this year.

Head of PBSI's Development and Achievement Division, Ricky Soebagdja, said Apriyani's best performance, who had not been able to return due to injury, did not completely quell the athlete's enthusiasm to go to Paris.

"I always say, Apriyani is a fighter athlete. The fighting spirit she has is extraordinary," Ricky told the media at the PBSI National Training Center, Thursday, May 16, 2024.

Apriyani is doubtful about being able to play at the 2024 Paris Olympics because she has not been able to get her best performance after recovering from injury.

The appearance of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist in the women's doubles with Greysia Polii was also seen while playing in the 2024 Uber Cup.

Ricky said that in order to avoid unwanted things, Apri had to miss several tournaments before the 2024 Paris Olympics.

"So what is expected is that Apri's condition is really ready to compete. So, it's not just ready to leave or only in Paris," he said.

Furthermore, Ricky said that Apriyani's enthusiasm to appear at the 2024 Paris Olympics was very high even though she had achieved the biggest target that was the dream of all athletes.

"I appreciate that he has a gold medal in Japan (2020 Olympics), but from his commitment he is very strong. He has a gold medal and still wants the next Olympics to be extraordinary," said Ricky.

Apri is likely to only play in the remaining two major tournaments before Paris. The two events are Singapore Open and Indonesia Open 2024.