Indonesia's Journey in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Has Ended, These are the Athletes Who Successfully Brought Medals Home

Kapanlagi.com - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will officially end on Sunday, August 8, 2021. But the journey of Indonesian athletes in this prestigious world sporting event has already ended as all participating athletes have competed.

All Indonesian athletes performed brilliantly and gave their best abilities. Some of them even managed to contribute medals that made the Indonesian nation grateful and proud.

For those who don't know, here are the lineup of our pride athletes who successfully brought medals back to Indonesia!

1. Windy Cantika Aisah

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Windy Cantika Aisah is the first Indonesian athlete to contribute a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday (24/7/2021). Competing in the women's 49 kg weightlifting event, Windy successfully won the bronze after lifting a total of 194 kg.

2. Eko Yuli Irawan

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Senior weightlifter, Eko Yuli Irawan, has brought home a medal for Indonesia for the fourth time on Sunday (25/7/2021). Competing in the men's 61 kg category, Eko won the silver after lifting a total weight of 313 kg.

3. Rahmat Erwin Abdullah

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Weightlifting has indeed become one of the medal sources for Indonesia at the Olympics. Indonesia's third medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was contributed by Rahmat Erwin Abdullah on Wednesday (28/7/2021). Competing in the men's 73 kg class, Erwin successfully lifted a total weight of 342 kg.

4. Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu

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The long-awaited gold medal for the Indonesian people was finally awarded to the women's doubles badminton pair, Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu, on Monday (8/2/2021). In the final, they defeated the Chinese women's doubles pair, Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan, in straight sets with scores of 21-19 and 21-15.

5. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

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A few hours after Indonesia won the gold, the badminton branch contributed another medal. This time, it was men's singles player Anthony Sinisuka Ginting who won the bronze medal after defeating Guatemalan athlete Kevin Cordon with scores of 21-11 and 21-13.

Thank you to all Indonesian athletes who have fought in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. Everyone has given their best and made all Indonesian people proud. Hopefully, in the next sports event, our athletes can achieve even greater success. Keep up the spirit!

(kpl/pit)