Indonesian Badminton Team Ready To Be Tested At BAC 2024

Indonesian badminton players undergo training ahead of the 2024/DOK Badminton Asia Championship (BAC). PBSI

JAKARTA The Indonesian badminton team is ready to accept the exam in the match at the 2024 Badminton Asia Championship (BAC) which will take place this week.

Jonathan Christie and his friends are scheduled to face the tournament, which is equivalent to the Super 1000 BWF on Tuesday 9 April to Sunday, April 14.

They have arrived in China and have undergone competition preparation training at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China, Monday, April 8 morning local time.

The exercise took place in the main hall which will be the venue for the match. In addition, the players can also practice at the training hall in the same complex.

Head of PBSI National Training Center Rionny Mainaky said the first training was useful for restoring the fitness of the players after traveling far from Jakarta.

"Yes, this exercise is to restore the condition of the players after they traveled from Jakarta. Moreover, the flight was delayed by six hours," he said.

The six-hour delay allows a new group of players to enter the Shangri-La Hotel, in Ningbo, on Monday, April 8 at 02.30 in the morning local time.

The men's doubles special player Fajar Alfian admitted that the delay made them not enough rest and immediately underwent his morning training.

"Actually, I'm still sleepy. I still don't sleep enough. But I force myself to keep practicing. This is to restore my body condition to be fresher," said Fajar Alfian.

BAC is the last tournament to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. This tournament is important for Indonesian representatives to lock up tickets to France.

One of the tough tasks here is Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri. This pair needs to win here in order to qualify for the Olympics later.

Total Indonesia sent 14 representatives to this tournament. The details are two men's singles, three women's singles, three men's doubles, two women's doubles, and four mixed doubles.