JAKARTA - Saturday, July 24 is the first day for Indonesian athletes to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Some of the athletes who competed yesterday came from badminton, archery, weightlifting, rowing, shooting and swimming.
From these branches, there are winners and there are also losers. Lifter Windy Cantika Aisah who competed in the 49 kg number managed to win a bronze medal with a total force of 194 kg. This is the first medal for Indonesia
Meanwhile, from the archery branch, the Indonesian mixed team team, which was strengthened by Riau Ega Agatha and Diananda Choirunnisa, managed to beat Brady Ellison and Mackenzie Brown from the United States. However, in the quarter-finals, they had to admit the superiority of representatives of Turkey Mete Gazoz / Yesemin Anagoz.
Then, from the shooting sport, Vidya Rafika, who competed in the women's 10 meter Air Rifle qualification, had not yet made it to the final. With a total of 622 points from 6 sets, the girl who is familiarly called Vika ranks 35th out of 50 participants, while the final ticket is only for 8 shooters.
Then from Rowing the Lightweight women's double sculls number, Mutiara Rahma Putri/Melani Putri have passed Heat 1. Both of them are the farthest in time from first place French Laura Tarantola/Claire Bove with a time of 7 minutes 3.47 seconds. Mutiara/ Melani who is 49.1 seconds slower still has a chance in the Repechage round today.
As for the badminton branch, all representatives of Indonesia managed to win the match, aka a clean sweep. Regardless of the results, the General Chairman of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) Center Lt. Gen. TNI (Ret.) Marciano Norman thanked the athletes.
"To all the sports patriots who have fought and tried their best to make Indonesia proud, I thank you," said Marciano, quoted from the official KONI Central website. "Being able to compete in the Olympics is already a proud achievement."
Marciano hopes the delayed victories experienced by some athletes will not lead to deep sadness. On the contrary, it becomes more motivation to achieve achievements in the next opportunity.
"For those who have not received the results as expected today, don't give up and be sad. Let's make today a valuable experience and evaluation to become a better athlete," said Marciano.
"With a good evaluation, I'm sure, on the next occasion, a glorious achievement will be achieved by the proud Indonesian Sports Patriot," he added. The Central KONI is ready to support evaluations for the development of better sports achievements.
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