Not Satisfied With Winning Medals At The Tokyo Paralympics, Leani Ratri: I Want 3 Gold

Leani Ratri Oktila (child) (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian para-badminton athlete Leani Ratri Oktila admitted that she was not satisfied with winning two gold medals and one silver in her debut at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

The two golds were donated by Leani from the women's doubles number SL3-SU5 with Khalimatus Sadiyah on Saturday. Unfortunately, Leani's hopes to add another piece of individual numbers failed to materialize. When appearing in the SL4 women's singles final, Sunday, the player nicknamed the "Queen" of para-badminton was defeated by Chinese representative Cheng Hefang 19-21, 21-17, 16-21.

The defeat in the women's singles match boosted Leani Ratri's enthusiasm to go all out in her last final match in the SL3-SU5 mixed doubles with Hary Susanto.

Hary/Leani also successfully closed the last day of the Paralympics by winning the second gold in the SL3-SU5 mixed doubles number.

"For me personally, this result is not on target because all athletes certainly want to achieve the best," said Leani in a virtual media meeting on Sunday night, quoted by Antara.

"Obviously I'm down at three numbers so I want three gold," he added.

However, Leani admitted that she was still grateful for the nick. He said he had given his maximum performance during the match.

Leani, who has dropped in number three, faces an even bigger challenge as she has a tighter fixture schedule and minimal rest time.

The Pekanbaru-born athlete is recorded to have played 12 matches since para-badminton started on September 1, and even had three to four matches in one day before finally being able to win the women's doubles gold medal.