hopefully more athletes will be able to qualify for the Paris Olympics, compared to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI) is targeting the number of athletes who qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris to be higher compared to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo."There is no target (for medals) yet. What is clear is, hopefully, more athletes will be able to qualify for the Paris Olympics, compared to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo," KONI Secretary General Tb. Lukman Djajadikusuma told ANTARA here on Sunday. The Indonesian team sent 28 athletes and one alternate athlete to the Tokyo Olympics. Meanwhile, so far, only five tickets have been secured by Indonesian athletes to participate in the world's largest multi-sport event.

Those athletes are archers Arif Dwi Pangestu and Diananda Choirunisa, gymnast Rifda Irfanalutfi, and climbers Desak Made Rita and Rahmad Adi Mulyono.

Source: Antara News Agency