JAKARTA Indonesian badminton observer, Bung Daryadi, assesses that the men's doubles and singles opportunities to bring home medals from the 2024 Paris Olympics are very large.
From these two sectors, Indonesia has men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto as well as men's singles Jonatan Christie and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.
Daryadi underlined that if the four names can appear in the best performance, their chances of making Indonesia proud are also very large.
"If you look at the game graph in the last six months, that's what worries us. However, the atmosphere of the Olympics can be different because once every four years," Daryadi said by telephone.
In the span of time since Malaysia Open in January 2024, the three representatives recorded only two titles from several championships participated.
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The two titles were contributed by Jonathan and Fajar/Rian, respectively. They both climbed the highest podium when they appeared in the world's oldest tournament, All England 2024, in March 2024.
Meanwhile, Ginting's best journey in the same span of time was to become runner-up at All England 2024 after losing against Jonathan in the final match.
Daryadi hopes that the 2024 Paris Olympics can be the culmination of the performance of these three representatives even though the journey to achieve glory is not easy.
"This is an opportunity that must be utilized as best as possible. If you repeat it, wait four years and not necessarily they can appear again," he said.
When in Paris later, Jonathan will start the journey from Group L which contains four men's singles. Meanwhile Ginting occupies Group H with only two opponents.
Meanwhile, Fajar/Rian live in Group C with former world number one from India, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Ronan Labar/Lucas Corvee (France), and Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel (Germany).
Badminton is still one of the favorites to win medals at the Olympics. In Olympic history, only this sport has contributed gold to Indonesia.
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