JAKARTA The athletes who won gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Rizki Juniansyah and Veddriq Leonardo, will be paraded in Jakarta on Thursday, August 15, 2024.
The two heroes have just arrived in Indonesia with a group of athletes, coaches, and officials through Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng, Jakarta, on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, WIB night.
The Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora), Dito Ariotedjo, said that there would be a convoy to celebrate the success of these sports heroes.
"We last won two gold medals 32 years ago. So, we will hold the procession," said Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora), Dito Ariotedjo.
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The plan is that Rizki and Veddriq will be received by President Joko Widodo first at the State Palace in Jakarta before the procession is carried out.
Dito did not explain the details of the procession process. Information related to this activity can later be accessed through the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora) social media pages.
"The new athletes have reached this day, so they take a day off before the 15th (August 2024) is accepted by the President as well as doing the procession," said Dito.
Rizki is a gold medalist from the men's weightlifting class 73 kilograms. This is Indonesia's first gold medal from weightlifting (sports).
Meanwhile, Veddriq climbed the highest podium in Paris after becoming the best in the men's speed rock climbing. This is also Indonesia's first gold medal from the sport.
Indonesia previously won two gold medals in one edition of the Olympics when Barcelona hosted in 1992. Both gold medals at that time were donated by badminton.
Before rock climbing and weightlifting triumphed in France this year, badminton was the only sport in Olympic history that contributed gold medals for Indonesia.
In addition to the two gold medals, Indonesia also brought home one bronze medal from the 2024 Olympics through the women's singles badminton player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.
This is the second time in the history of Indonesia's participation in the Olympics that badminton has failed to win a gold medal since it was contested in Barcelona 1992. One other edition of this sport failed to get gold was in the 2012 London Olympics edition.
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