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Indonesia to build world-class training facility for 2032 Olympics, NOC says
With an Olympic bid in place, Indonesia, which hosted a successful 2018 Asian Games, is now working on training its athletes in the hopes that it ups its gold medal haul at the 2032 Games.
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Indonesian lifter Windy Cantika Aisah trains in a national camp at Mess Kwini training center in Jakarta on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2019. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A)
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ndonesia is working on all possible ways of finding success at the 2032 Summer Olympic Games by building a world-class training facility on the outskirts of Jakarta.
The country officially submitted its bid to host the quadrennial event in February last year, receiving a response from International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach.
With the bid in place, Indonesia, which hosted a successful 2018 Asian Games, is now working on training its athletes in the hopes that it ups its gold medal haul in 2032.
Its first two Olympic gold medals were earned at the 1992 Barcelona Games. The country has won one gold medal at each Games since, except for the 2012 London Games where it failed to win any gold. All gold medals came in badminton.
National Olympic Committee (NOC) chief Raja Sapta “Okto” Oktohari said he had a list of candidate sites for the facility, which would not be located far from Jakarta.
“We will coordinate with the government to build the world-class training facility,” Okto said in a statement.
The decision to build the facility, he said, was based on his visits to China, Japan, South Korea, France, the Netherlands and Australia, which often performed well at Olympic Games.
