TOKYO – The Chinese contingent still leads the medal standings Tokyo 2020 Olympics until Saturday (31/7/2021) at 22.00 WIB. Meanwhile, Indonesia was thrown out of the top 50 after failing to win a bronze medal from the badminton sport, to be exact at 53rd place.
Indonesia could actually improve their position if they were able to win a bronze medal from the men’s doubles badminton event represented by Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan. Unfortunately, Ahsan/Hendra failed to donate the bronze medal.
Ahsan/Hendra lost the match for third place against a pair from Malaysia, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik last night. The Daddies were defeated after struggling to play the third game, to be precise, they lost with a score of 21-17, 17-21, and 14-21.
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Despite the Ahsan/Hendra failure, Indonesia has so far collected three medals consisting of one silver and two bronze.
The three medals were then donated from weightlifting through Windy Cantika Aisah (Bronze), Eko Yuli Irawan (Silver), and Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (Bronze).
Indonesia still has the opportunity to donate medals from badminton. Because the men’s singles, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting will still play the semifinal match and even the women’s doubles in the country, Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu will appear in the final match for the gold medal.
