Jakarta, IO – Team Indonesia competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics were celebrate with open-top bus parade through Jakarta’s main thoroughfares, starting from Jalan Gerbang Pemuda, Senayan, Jalan Sudirman, landmark Hotel Indonesia (HI) roundabout, Jalan MH Thamrin on Thursday (15/8).
The journey ends at the Merdeka Palace, where President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received the athletes for an appreciation award ceremony.
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The Indonesian contingent consists of 29 athletes competing in 12 branches of sport. The largest group came badminton with nine shuttlers. In total, Indonesia collected two gold medals from sport climbing (Veddriq Leonardo) and weightlifting (Rizki Juniansyah) and one bronze from women’s singles badminton (Gregoria Mariska Tunjung).
(IO/Faisal Ramadhan)