INDONESIAN men’s rowing athlete from the La Memo rowing discipline has set a target of reaching the final round of the men’s individual sculls (two oars) at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The athlete who was born on Osi Island, Maluku, is now looking forward to his second Olympics following making his debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Memo, as he is familiarly called, is currently preparing for Paris at the PB PODSI Rowing Athlete Village, Margaluyu, Pangalengan.
“In the Rio (Olympics) yesterday, maybe it was because of the weather (they might adapt quickly) while the others mightn’t yet be in the waves. Now, my target for the 2024 Paris Olympics is to be better than the Rio Olympics, maybe to enter the final round,” said La Memo, Tuesday (2/7).
La Memo, who was still 21 years old when he secured his ticket to the Rio Olympics, is the new hope for the Red and White team.
The reason is, the qualification of the athlete who was born on January 8, 1985, is the first time Indonesia has participated in the Olympic rowing branch following last participating in the Helsinki Olympics, Finland in 1952.
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Memo, who at that time secured a ticket to the Rio Olympics through qualifications held in Chungju, South Korea, repeated his sweet story following eight years of waiting.
Memo became the conqueror of the Chungju wave following securing a ticket to Paris for the second time at the World Rowing Asian & Oceanian Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Chungju.
This certainty was obtained following La Memo finished in second place with a time of 1:43.71 seconds, while first place was taken by Kazakh rower Vladislav Yakovlev who recorded a time of 1:42.78 seconds.
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Memo is now looking at his second Olympics with more maturity, armed with extra training by increasing the hours and portion of training.
In addition, the silver medal winner in the men’s quadruple sculls at the 2018 Asian Games has prepared analyses related to the abilities of potential opponents in Paris.
“The preparation is certainly tougher than the Asian Games because our training is four sessions a day. If we train four times a day, in the morning it’s cycling, water training, then in the followingnoon cycling once more for regarding two hours, then in the evening fitness,” concluded Memo. (Ant/Z-1)
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