Menpora Hopes Athletes Will Qualify For The 2024 Paris Olympics As Expected

Menpora Dito Ariotedjo hopes that the athletes who qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics will meet expectation (Kemenpora doc.)

JAKARTA – Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) of the Republic of Indonesia, Dito Ariotedjo, hopes that the athletes who qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics will be as expected.

So far, only five athletes have bagged Olympic tickets for Indonesia. The five names respectively come from the sports of rock climbing, archery and gymnastics.

The Minister of Youth and Sports explained that the strength of the Indonesian contingent to go to the biggest four-year event in the world will only be visible in the first quarter of 2024.

"From the calculations, there could be even more athletes. Qualifying should be held again in the first quarter of 2024," he said at the Indonesia International Open 2024 press conference in Jakarta, Tuesday, December 5 2023.

The five names who have so far confirmed that they have passed are Arif Dwi Pangestu (archery), Diananda Choirunnisa (archery), Rifda Irfanaluthfi (gymnastics), Desak Made Rita (rock climbing), and Rahmad Adi Mulyono (rock climbing).

Dito said that the Indonesian contingent would most likely increase again. The reason is, there are still qualifications that will be participated in by several potential sports.

"We definitely hope that more athletes will make it to the Olympics (Paris 2024) because there are still many qualifications that are being participated in. For example, from athletics, swimming, archery, and wall climbing, shooting, so there are still many," he said .

Indonesia is very optimistic about making history at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is based on calculations that the increasing number of athletes will automatically have an impact on winning medals.

In Olympic history, the most medals Indonesia brought home were six. This happened at Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008.

Meanwhile, the most gold medals were won at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. At that time, Indonesia won gold in men's and women's singles badminton.