CdM Rosan Roeslani Values The Importance Of Athlete Regeneration For Olympic Preparation

Chef de Mission Indonesian Contingent Rosan Perkasa Roeslani (Doc. NOC Indonesia)

JAKARTA - The Tokyo Olympics are over, the Paris Olympics are only three years away. Chef de Mission (CdM) Indonesian Contingent Rosan P Roeslani emphasized the importance of athlete regeneration in the national training center program (pelatnas).

Indonesia brought home five medals, namely 1 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze. With this result, Indonesia ranks 55 out of 86 participants. While at the previous Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Indonesia was ranked 46th with a collection of 1 gold and 2 silver.

"The rating has indeed dropped, but on the other hand there are surprising positive factors", said Rosan in an official statement received by the editors, Monday, August 9.

Rosan explained that the majority of medal winners are the fruit of regeneration. The Tokyo Olympic gold medalists are a duo of senior-junior players, Greysia Polii (33 years)/Apriyani Rahayu (23). The bronze winner from the weightlifting sport, namely Windy Cantika Aisah is only 19 years old and Rahmat Erwin Abdullah is 20 years old.

In addition to the medal winners, said Rosan, there were also many young Indonesian athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics. For example, rowing athletes Mutiara Rahma Putri and archer Arif Dwi Pangestu who are still 17 years old, and Bagas Prastyadi (archery athlete-19), Azzara Permatahani (swimming-19), Vidya Rafika Rahmatan Toyyiba (shooting-20), Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. (badminton-21), and Rio Waida (surf-21).

“This means that there are athletes who can be developed and become the focus. Moreover, there are three years remaining for the 2024 Paris Olympics and several sports are also holding qualifiers at the end of the year, so the National Federation has to think about these young athletes so that they can qualify so that the number of athletes who qualify for the Paris Olympics can increase", said Rosan.

In addition to the importance of regeneration in national training to deal with multi-events, Rosan assessed that each sport must also have a long-term program. "We also see medals from athletes whose sports carry out continuous national training. Because achievements cannot be made instantly", he said.

Rosan, who also serves as Chairman of the Executive Board of the All Indonesia Weightlifting Association (PB PABSI), said that he had implemented the regeneration process. The result was sweet, considering that two young lifters were able to deliver medals in Tokyo on their debut at the Olympics.

"Even in the weightlifting training center there are currently 16 athletes, 13 of whom are young lifters", he concluded.

On the other hand, Rosan said that the Indonesian contingent of Group III would end the quarantine session and the plan was to be released to the National Federation on Thursday, August 12.