Entering the 2024 Paris Olympic Athletes Village, These Are Rinov/Pitha and Jojo’s Hopes

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Mixed doubles Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari and men’s singles Jonatan Christie or Jojo expressed their hopes for the 2024 Paris Olympics after the Indonesian badminton team officially entered the athletes’ village. event this four-yearly, Tuesday (24/7/2024).

The badminton branch will be held from July 27 to August 6, 2024 at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena, Paris, France. In addition to Rinov/Pitha and Jojo, the Indonesian representatives who will compete are men’s singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, women’s singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, men’s doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, and women’s doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti.

Rinov/Pitha, who will make their Olympic debut, are excited to enter the athletes’ village. They want to enjoy every moment from the moment they enter.

In the 2024 Paris Olympic athletes’ village, we will meet many athletes from all sports. Being able to interact with them will be fun for anyone. I can’t wait,” said Rinov, Wednesday (24/7/2024).

“We want to enjoy from the beginning and everything that will come. Excited also entered the athletes’ village,” added Pitha.

Rinov/Pitha themselves admitted that they are increasingly preparing for the first match. “Alhamdulillah, we are well, healthy and have no injuries. God willing, we are ready for the first match,” said Pitha.

“Everything is going smoothly, the preparation is quite good. Just waiting for the match,” added Rinov.

Rinov/Pitha are currently ranked 13th in the BWF mixed doubles rankings. Their struggle is predicted to be tough because they are in Group A which also contains the first-ranked mixed doubles Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong. In addition to Zheng/Huang, this group also includes Kim Won-ho/Jeong Na-eun from South Korea, and the host representatives Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue.

Jonatan Christie, or Jojo as he is familiarly known, felt excited and a little sad to have to enter the athlete’s village.

“I excitedbut a little sad because we had to part with the support team that had accompanied us for about nine days. training camp. Every day we practice together, hang out together and eat together,” said Jojo.

“However, this is a real match so hopefully, when we enter the Athlete Village, the feeling will be very positive,” added Jojo.

Jojo, who has experienced the situation in the athletes’ village during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, explained what was most interesting about the place.

“The great thing about the athletes’ village is that we can mingle and meet other athletes. In Tokyo, I met Novak Djokovic (tennis) and famous football players too. That’s something you wouldn’t have found if you weren’t there,” said the 2024 All England champion.