Chairman of the Indonesian Rock Climbing Federation (FPTI), Yenny Wahid, said that China and the United States were Indonesia's toughest opponents at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
"Indeed, our toughest opponent is China, but we are also wary that for the son there is the United States," Yenny said when attending the launch of the Indonesian contingent costume in Jakarta on Thursday, July 4, 2024.
From rock climbing, Indonesia has four athletes who will appear at the 2024 Paris Olympics from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
The names who passed were Desak Made Rita Kusuma, Rahmad Adi Mulyono, Veddriq Leonardo, and Rajiah Sallsabillah. All of them both appeared in the men's and women's speed numbers.
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In that number, the United States has flagship athlete Samuel Watson, who broke Veddriq's men's speed world record when appearing at the IFSC World Cup in Wujiang, China, April 2024.
Wu Peng from China is another tough competitor for Indonesian representatives at the men's speed. Meanwhile, from the women's sector, China also has the name Yafei Zhou.
"Yes, we hope that Indonesian athletes later at the Paris Olympics can support the country," said Yenny.
The 2024 Paris Olympics will start from July 26 and end on August 11, 2024. The rock climbing sport will start competing on August 5, 2024.
With the speed number at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the total number of medals for rock climbing has increased to four medals from two at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
A significant increase also occurred in the number of rock climbing athletes participating in Paris compared to the Tokyo Olympics. Previously in Tokyo, only 40 athletes participated, while in Paris there would be 68 athletes.
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