Fajar/Rian Want To Prove Himself Qualifying For The 2024 Paris Olympics

Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto are determined to go to the 2024 Paris Olympics (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA - Men's doubles pair Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto are encouraged to prove that they want to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The world's largest four-year multi-event will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Fajar/Rian also bear the burden so that they can appear on the big stage.

Fajar admitted that the burden on their shoulders to be able to qualify for an important agenda was very large. He emphasized that the burden could be a trigger for them.

"The pressure must be there, but it's just a matter of how the athlete responds, either as motivation or as a burden. That pressure can encourage us to go to the Olympics (Paris 2024). Moreover, we previously failed at the Tokyo Olympics," he said.

Fajar/Rian's efforts to get to the 2024 Paris Olympics began with a number of unsatisfactory results at the beginning of the year, especially at the Malaysia Open and India Open 2024.

In those two tournaments, the journey of the former world number one ran aground in the quarter-finals. They lost against Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang in Malaysia, then ran aground in the hands of Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae in India.

Fajar said the two results were clearly unsatisfactory because they needed to hunt for Olympic points. However, they are not discouraged about fighting for tickets to Paris.

"Although the results are not good, the Race to Olympic is not optimal, we are trying to qualify for the Olympics and try to give our best," he said.

Fajar/Rian are currently participating in the Indonesia Masters 2024 at Istora, Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan, which will take place from Tuesday, January 23, 2024 to Sunday, January 28, 2024.

They have already qualified from the first round of the BWF Super 500 level event after defeating the Chinese Taipei pair, Lee Jhe-Huei/Yant Po-Hsuan.

In the second half, Fajar/Rian will face Man Wei Chong/Kai Wun Tee. The Malaysian pair qualified for the second half after beating Danish representative Andreas Sondergaard/Jesper Toft.