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Jakarta ready to take on Brisbane in 2032 Olympic bid
Indonesia faces an uphill battle in the race to become the host of the 2032 Olympic Games, with the Tokyo Olympics unlikely to provide opportunities to campaign and beat top contender Brisbane.
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The chief of Indonesia's National Olympic Committee (NOC), Raja Sapta Oktohari (center), speaks with journalists after attending the opening of the Indonesia NOC annual meeting in Jakarta in March 2020. (Tribunnews/Abdul Majid)
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eam Indonesia has two goals lined up in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics this year: strive to grab as many gold medals as possible at the quadrennial sporting event and lay out its path to becoming the host of the 2032 Olympic Games.
However, more challenges await the bidding committee as the Tokyo Games offers fewer chances to garner support.
Even as the Olympics are expected to commence in the next two months, Indonesia is already knee-deep in preparations to catch up with Brisbane, which is currently the top contender for hosting the 2032 Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in February that it had picked the Australian city as “the preferred partner to start talks for the Games”, but Indonesia’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) is still forging ahead to win the race.
The country consolidated its bid last month with the issuance of Presidential Decree No. 9/2021 on the establishment of the Indonesia Bid Committee for the Olympic Games (INABCOG), a sign of its seriousness about becoming the first Olympics host from Southeast Asia.
To reinforce its plan, Indonesia NOC chief Raja Sapta “Okto” Oktohari says he fully realizes the importance of the upcoming Tokyo Games and had planned to turn it into an opportunity to promote Indonesia’s bid to other NOCs – even as more complications emerge.
Chief among these plans was to set up a national pavilion, Rumah Indonesia (House of Indonesia), to promote the country and Jakarta as a host city and canvas support from other Olympic participants.
