Indonesian Badminton Team Tests 2024 Olympic Arena

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung during a training camp in Chambly, France (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA The Indonesian badminton team for the first time held a practice at the Porte De La Chapelle Arena alias Adidas Arena ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The activity will take place on Monday, July 22, 2024, at 17.00 French time. The venue will later become the venue for the 2024 Olympic badminton (sports) match.

The team first validated the accreditation before holding training in the place with a capacity of eight thousand seats.

"All activities here have been scheduled, there are several agendas that must adjust and follow the opportunity to practice at the venue, be it in the arena of the match or practice court," said Head of PBSI Development and Achievement, Ricky Soebagdja.

This morning, Fajar Alfian and his friends had already held a conditioning exercise in the hotel area where they were staying. The training menu is jogging and movement using the band's resistance.

The activities of the Indonesian badminton team in the next few days will be very busy before facing the opening match on Saturday, July 27, 2024.

The team will return to Chambly after trying out the arena. The trip took about 30-40 minutes. Tomorrow afternoon afternoon, July 23, 2024, Fajar and his friends entered the athlete village.

"One day ahead of the initial schedule based on the results of discussions with the team including seeing the training schedule provided by the committee in Paris," said Ricky.

Furthermore, on July 24, 2024, the team will undergo full training in Paris, both in athletes' villages and at venues. However, at night they were picked up and Chambly returned.

On July 25, 2024, the team will have another match at Chambly. They did not get accreditation to enter the venue so the exercise had to take place at Chambly.

"Then, return to the athletes' village on July 26, 2024 to prepare for the first match of the 2024 Paris Olympics," said Ricky.

The Indonesian badminton team has nine athletes who qualified for Paris this year. They carry the target of maintaining the gold medal tradition at the 2024 Olympics.