Today's Judoka Indonesia Maryam Starts Debuting The Olympics Against The Mozambique Representative

Illustration. The martial arts sport, Judo, which is competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Pixabay-cvop)

JAKARTA - Judoka Indonesia Maryam March Maharani will start his struggle at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He scheduled to face Jacira Ferreira from Mozambique in the round of 32 of the -52 kg class elimination which was held at the Champ-de-Mars Arena, Paris, today Sunday 28 July. The athlete, which has shown impressive performance in several of these international competitions, hopes for Indonesia in judo after the last time the Red and White Team sent their representatives to the 2012 Olympics. The mosque, which managed to secure tickets to Paris 2024 via the Asian continental quota route in the class -52 kg, was recorded to collect a number of achievements before competing in Paris, including a bronze medal at the 2024 European Open Warsaw and a silver medal at the 2023 Asian Open Hong Kong. Its participation at the Oceania Open Perth in 2022 and 2023 adds to its competing experience although it has not yet resulted in medals. Mahani also received honor as the bearer of the Indonesian flag at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics, showing the great trust given to her as well as the symbol of the revival of Indonesian sports at the Olympics.

Citing the Judo International Federation page via Antara, Maharani is ranked 52nd in the world with a total of 827 points and occupies sixth place in Asia for the -52 kg category. Meanwhile, his opponent Jacira Ferreira, ranks 72nd in the world with a total of 481 points, and ranks 12th in Africa in the same category.

Jacira Ferreira datang ke Paris berbekal sejumlah medali dari ajang African Open, termasuk medali perak di African Open Luanda 2024, serta medali perunggu di African Open Marrakech, Abidjan, dan Algiers pada 2024, serta Yaounde pada 2019.Pertandingan ini akan menjadi pertemuan pertama antara Maryam dan Jacira di ajang internasional ini akan menjadi tantangan tersendiri bagi kedua atlet. Maryam dengan segala persiapannya, diharapkan bisa memberikan yang terbaik dan membawa kebanggaan bagi Indonesia.