Wushu Helat Kekernas Untuk Seleksi Atlet Ke Kejuaraan Dunia Junior 2024

Junior athletes began to act in the 2024 WUSH Junior Championship at the Tennis Indoor Sports Center, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (VOI/Cosmas Kopong Beda).

JAKARTA The Indonesian Wushu Executive Board (PB WI) held the National Circuit Stage Final '-Kejurnas Wuhsu Junior Taolu & Sanda and the 2024 Taolu Senior Open Wushu Championships for the selection of the 2024 Wushu Junior World Championship athletes.

This National Championship took place at the Tennis Indoor Sports Hall, Senayan, Jakarta. In total there were hundreds of athletes appearing for five days from Wednesday, July 3 to Saturday, July 7, 2024.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Dito Ariotedjo, in his remarks when opening the event hoped that this event could give birth to young athletes who are ready to excel in important international events.

"We, as the government that oversees sports, certainly really appreciate Indonesia's wushu, which today held the National Championship of Wushu Junior," he said.

Dito further said that the recent achievements of wushu sports have been even more encouraging. Therefore, he hopes that this sport can consistently contribute.

"So, wushu is a sport that maintains tradition and is expected to always give a lot of gold medals," he said.

A total of 300 athletes participated in this event. This number is the result of the selection of approximately 1,000 athletes from all corners of Indonesia.

As many as 60 of the best junior athletes from the National Championships will enter the national training camp (pelatnas) for the Ninthth Wushu Junior World Championship which will be held on September 22-30, 2024 at Brunei Darussalam.

"After this National Championship, we will assign a team to prepare for the Junior World Championships later," said the Secretary General (Sekjen) of the Indonesian Wushu Executive Board, Ngatino.

Previously, Indonesia hosted the eighth edition of the Wushu Junior World Championship in 2022. At that time, the event took place in Tangerang City.

When hosting, Indonesia sent 23 of the best athletes from the national selection. Of that number, Indonesia also managed to rank third with 10 gold, two silver, and five bronze medals.

In addition, wushu Indonesia also recorded encouraging achievements at the Asian Junior Wushu Championship in Macau in August 2023. At that time, Indonesian junior wushu won six gold, 14 silver, and 10 bronze.