Citra Febrianti Will Receive The 2012 London Olympic Silver Medals Tomorrow

Former Indonesian lifter Citra Febrianti. (Photo: NOC Indonesia)

JAKARTA - Former Indonesian lifter Citra Febrianti will receive a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics ceremonially at the medal reallocation, Sunday, September 18 morning.

The 10-year wait for Citra to get her rights will be realized after the peak of the Olympic Day celebration of the Indonesian Olympic Committee Fun Run at the East Plaza, Gelora Bung Karno Complex, Senayan, Jakarta.

"It felt mixed up. On the one hand, I was happy because my wait was soon realized, one side I felt this was like my separation from sports," said Citra in a press statement.

"I'm happy to finally get a medal and a sports certificate as well. At the same time, I'm sad because I ranked, but I don't have any portraits of my memories when I was on the podium in London," he added.

The medal is planned to be given directly by Erick Thohir as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Meanwhile, the handover of the certificate will be given by the Chairman of the Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia) Raja Sapta Oktohari.

Citra is the lifter who appeared in the 53 kg women's class in London 2012 and was ranked fourth in total at 206 kg (the lifter's 91 kg snatch and 115 kg clean and jerk). However, he was entitled to a silver medal reallocation after the IOC disqualified gold medalist Zulfiya Chinshanlo (Kazakhstan) on 19 October 2016 and bronze winner dehati Iovu (Moldova) on 10 November 2016.

The two athletes tested positive for doping based on the new classification of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). For this reason, the IOC officially decided that Citra was entitled to a 53 kg silver medal at the London Olympics on November 19, 2020.

"I was waiting yesterday for when the medal was given, but how come there was no news about the news, how come the medal was not sent. Then I received an explanation from Pak Okto and now it is much clearer and more comfortable because I know everything," said Citra.

NOC Indonesia actually received a medal and a Citra certificate from the IOC in February last year. However, NOC could not immediately hand it over to Citra because there was a medal reallocation ceremony regulation regulated by the IOC.

There are at least six medal reallocation rules regulated by the Olympic parent, namely the next Olympics, Youth Olympic, IOC/Olympics Headquarters, NOC Function, Event or IF Function, and finally private ceremonys.