Cyclist Bernard has the opportunity to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics

Hong Kong, Beritasatu.com – The Indonesian cycling team has a big chance of qualifying athletes for the 2024 Paris Olympics. One of them was through Bernard van Aert who performed well in the UCI Track Nations Cup 2024 Hong Kong omnium number.

Bernard's appearance at the Hong Kong Nations Cup was also accompanied directly by the Head of the Paris 2024 Olympic Task Force Team, Raja Sapta Oktohari.

“In addition to my position as chairman of the Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI), I was also given the mandate to become chairman taskforce “The 2024 Paris Olympics whose job is to oversee and ensure that the athletes' qualification process can be maximized,” said Okto, Raja Sapta Oktohari's nickname when confirmed by the media, Sunday (17/3/2024).

According to Okto, the UCI Track Nations Cup Hong Kong and Canada will be decisive and provide quite a big opportunity for Indonesian cyclists to qualify for the Olympics.

“We are looking at the holistic aspect of all aspects of preparation to prepare athletes for Paris 2024. This is only one sport that has potential, there are still many other sports that have potential and are trying to get tickets to Paris 2024,” he added.

On the other hand, the head coach of the Indonesian cycling team, Dadang Haries Poernomo, expressed his gratitude for the results achieved by Bernard in Hong Kong this time. According to him, the 26 year old racer who was born in Singkawang has put out his best performance.

“For Bernard, performanceHis today was the best of his career on the bike and indeed his speed was incredible. At today's Nations Cup, all Olympic participants were present, automatically speed ride the quality of the race ride and Bernard full “From start to finish, the performance went up,” said Dadang.

Based on the results of the coaching team's calculations, Bernard, who finished 17th in the UCI Track Nations Cup Hong Kong omnium number, will get an additional 192 points. It is believed that these additional points will increase Bernard's Road to Paris 2024 ranking to 17th out of a total of 22 racers who will qualify.

The final series also determines the number of cycling athletes tracks who will qualify for Paris 2024 will be held at the UCI Track Nations Cup Canada next April 12-14.

“So there are 22 athletes who will qualify for Paris 2024, Bernard still has quite a big chance because there are still 4 racers below who must still be anticipated. There are 3 Nation Cup series this year and the points will all be totaled, so we still have to anticipate,” closed Dadang.