Jonathan Hopes Not To Lose Opportunities At The 2028 Olympics

Jonathan Christie hopes to have the opportunity to appear in the 2028 Olympics (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA The men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie hopes not to lose the opportunity to appear in the next Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles, United States.

If successful in getting tickets there, it will be the third Olympics in the career of the 2018 Asian Games gold medalist in Jakarta-Palembang.

"I never knew. I just want to do what is currently there. If you are still given the opportunity and still have a chance, why not," said Jonathan at the Cipayung PBSI National Training Center, Thursday, August 15, 2024.

The two Olympic editions that Jonathan has gone through are Tokyo 2020, which was postponed for a year due to the corona pandemic, and Paris 2024 which just finished last weekend.

On these two occasions, Jonathan's journey each stopped in the round of 16 when he was in Tokyo and immediately returned home in the group stage while in Paris.

Jonathan is currently undergoing training at the PBSI National Training Center with his friends to prepare for the Japan Open 2024 tournament next week.

"Just about four days of full training. After returning from there and arriving here on Tuesday last week (August 6, 2024), we had time to practice even though it was not full until Saturday. Only the full (train) Monday (August 12, 2024) until today," said Jonatan.

Jonathan, who will be present as the fifth seed, met with the men's singles from China, Lu Guang Zu, in the first round of the Japan Open 2024.

The meeting in the Super 750 BWF tournament became their third competitive clash. In their previous two meetings, they beat each other.

Apart from Jonathan, Indonesia also sent Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo to the Japan Open 2024, which will last for five days on August 20-25, 2024.