After 10 Years Of Prospection, Indonesian Lifter Citra Febrianti Got A 2012 Olympic Silver Reallocation

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JAKARTA - Former Indonesian lifter Citra Febrianti couldn't help but cry after receiving a silver medal reallocation at the XXX/2012 London Olympics, England.

Citra's decade-long struggle was finally realized when IOC Members Erick Thohir draped a silver medal at the London Olympics at a ceremony in conjunction with the Olympic Day celebration at the East Plaza of the Bung Karno Sports Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday, September 18.

"Citra is an athlete of our pride. With a struggle, we are grateful that we can now win silver at the same time as the right moment, celebrating Olympic Day," Erick said as quoted by ANTARA, Sunday.

Citra is a former Indonesian lifter who took part in the women's 53kg event at the London Olympics. At that time, recorded a total lift of 206kg, the result was 91kg of the snatch and 115kg of the clean and jerk.

He was reallocated a silver medal after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2016 announced gold-winning Zulfiya Chinshanlo from Kazakhstan and bronze medalia Iovu from Moldova proved positive for doping when he took part in the London Olympics.

Indonesian sports stakeholders then fought for Citra's rights. Until finally Citra was ranked up and declared entitled to a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics.

"This means that this determination is history for Indonesian Sports, especially weightlifting because our female lifter has succeeded in maintaining the medal tradition at the Olympics, the world's highest multi-sport event," said Chairman of the Indonesian Sports Committee (KOI/NOC Indonesia) Raja Sapta Oktohari.

"Of course this is a big milestone for our sport. So after receiving the IOC letter, we immediately coordinated with the Ministry of Youth and Sports so that Citra was also entitled to a bonus and grateful, the bonus had been received worth Rp. 400 million in December 2020. This also proves the government's seriousness in the achievements of our athletes," said Okto.

Citra with tears thanked all parties who had helped so that he got the right to reallocate a silver medal at the London Olympics.

"The struggle was not enough in 2012. There was still another struggle to get this medal, for 10 years. I am very grateful," said Citra.

"Thank you very much again for KOI who submitted the report, it was finally well received and processed as soon as possible. I didn't think it would end up being processed, finally after a long struggle," said Citra.