Disappointment Of Made's Desak At The 2024 Olympics Paid Veddriq Leonardo

Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi is disappointed that she will not get a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics (doc. NOC Indonesia).

JAKARTA rock climbing athlete Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi expressed her disappointment that she did not get a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, this feeling disappeared thanks to Veddriq Leonardo's success.

The athlete's journey from Bali at the 2024 Olympics stopped in the women's quarter-finals number speed. His move was accompanied by an athlete from China, Deng Lijuan.

"After yesterday's competition, I thought it would be faster and if it could fly the Red and White bandera. However, in the end, I was still grateful that the disappointment was paid for with Kak Veddriq's victory," said Desak.

The 23-year-old athlete who made her debut when the first moment the speed number was competed at the Olympics, actually entered seeded to be able to bring home a medal.

He also appeared convincing to reach the quarter-finals and made no mistakes when appearing in that round. However, as a result, he stumbled at a very thin time difference of 0.06 seconds from Deng.

Urges to admit that the stage as big as the Olympics does have a completely different atmosphere compared to other championships he has participated in so far.

"This is the biggest sporting event. In Paris yesterday, supporters from all over the country are very supportive of all athletes. Especially when the hosts compete, their support is extraordinary," he said.

Urges not to miss the opportunity to realize the dream of winning a medal at the Olympics at this age.

He still has a great opportunity to appear at the next Olympics to take place in Los Angeles in 2028.

The Buleleng-born athlete said that there was still a very long time to prepare for the better in order to make Indonesia proud.

"This year's Olympics became a reference for me to continue practicing even harder and not give up quickly to be able to participate in world championships and peaks (Olympics) in Los Angeles," he said.

From rock climbing, Indonesia managed to bring home one gold medal through athlete Veddriq Leonardo who appeared in the men's speed number.

In addition, the 73 kilogram weightlifting that fielded Rizki Juniansyah also resulted in a gold medal. Then, one bronze medal was won by the women's singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.