Archery is one of Indonesia's mainstay sports at the 2024 Olympics. The Executive Board of the Indonesian Archery Association (PB Perpani) is also optimistic that it can make it happen.
"We want the song Indonesia Raya to be sung at the 2024 Paris Olympics later," said Mohammad Arsjad Rasjid Prabu Mangkuningrat as chairman of PB Perpani on Wednesday, February 1 during a visit to the KONI Office.
The optimism of the chairman of the PB Perpani is also supported by the General Chairperson (Ketum) of the Central KONI, Marciano Norman. Because Marciano reflected on the success of this sport at the 1988 Korean Olympics.
"I saw that this archery sport was a potential sport," said Marciano.
At that time, archery sports successfully contributed the first medal for the country before other sports were contested at the Olympics.
"This panahan is listed as the first sport to successfully present a medal for Indonesia at the 1988 Olympics in Korea," said Marciano.
"Indonesia was first covered or won the Olympic medal, yes from Archery, other sports do not yet exist, archery is already there," he explained again.
During the 1988 Korean Olympics, three Indonesian Srikandi, namely, Nurfitriyana Saiman, Lilies Handayani, and Kusuma Wardhani were able to win silver for archery sports. The acquisition became Indonesia's first medal at the Olympics since participating in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
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