National Championship Junior Games 2024 Enlivened By 116 Athletes

JAKARTA A total of 116 young athletes are contestants for the 2024 National Championship (Kejurnas) Junior Gimnastik. This event will be used as a selection of potential athletes.

This event will take place on 10-14 December 2024 at the Radin Inten Gymnast Building, Jakarta. In total there are three disciplines that are competed, namely rhythmic, aerobic, and artistic.

The participants came from 18 contingents consisting of 17 provinces and representatives from the Asian Youth Championships national training camp which will be held in Bahrain next year.

The 2024 National Games Junior Championship opened by Assistant Deputy for Standardization, Accreditation, Facilities Certification, and Infrastructure of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Anwar. He was present to represent the Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Dito Ariotedjo.

"We from the Ministry of Youth and Sports really support this activity because this is an elaboration of the Great Design of National Sports (DBON), one of which is the sport of gymnastics," said Anwar.

This is the first time that the National Championships Junior has involved Asian Youth Championships athletes. The athletes qualified for the national training after going through a selection conducted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Chairman of PB Persani, Ita Yuliati, admitted that there are several potential athletes who will be monitored in this event. The names in the future will be developed more seriously.

"Of course I am very happy because I see that there are several potentials from several provinces, although not all of them follow the rhythm, aerobics, and artistic," he said.

Persani is currently preparing an elite Indonesian team to compete in several future events, such as the Asian Games, the World Championship, and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

This year, sports are recorded as having representatives at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The only athlete who managed to qualify there was Rifda Irfanaluthfi.