For The Sake Of Harvesting Gold At The Olympics, NOC Hopes Badminton Can Rise After Failing At The 2023 Asian Games

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JAKARTA - Chairman of the National Olympic Committee (NOC), Raja Sapta Oktohari hopes that the badminton sport can rise and succeed at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. This hope was expressed by Okto after the failure of the badminton sport at the 2023 Asian Games. Initially, this sport was targeted to be able to win three medals, but in fact none of them were achieved. “ We also encourage badminton to come back again. After this, we will sit together again with stakeholders to find a solution," Okto said in a statement quoted on Sunday, October 8. The negative result in Hangzhou was the worst during the Asian Games for PBSI. In previous Asian Games, during the badminton match since 1962, this is the first time the flagship sport has failed to win a medal. In relation to the 2024 Olympics, Okto hopes that the achievements of all Indonesian contingents in various sports can increase compared to the previous edition. “ Next year is the Olympics year. We will encourage our athletes to achieve even better results. Hopefully at the Paris Olympics we can make history again. Because throughout the history of our Olympics we have only won two gold medals, ” Okto said. "“ We see some of the potentials of Indonesian sports from weightlifting, archery, surfing, that's what allows Indonesia to get medals that are more numerous than before," he explained. With a row of branches that have the potential to produce gold for Indonesia, Okto is optimistic that the rise of badminton can add to the record of Red and White achievements at the Olympics. “ We hope that if badminton can rise, maybe we can get more than two golds (at the Olympics), ” he hopes to refer to the best gold acquisition Indonesia has ever won at the 1992 Olympics.