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JAKARTA, 5 August (BelTA — ANTARA) — Indonesian women’s singles
badminton player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung said she did not know how to
feel after winning bronze at the Paris Olympics, after Spain’s Carolina
Marin decided to withdraw due to injury.
On Sunday, Gregoria was
defeated by South Korea’s An Se-young in the semifinals. She would have
fought other semifinalists, either Carolina Marin or China’s He
Bingjiao.
Carolina, who withdrew from the competition, has made Gregoria get the bronze medal without playing.
«This
is confusing. It is very wrong if I feel happy over other people’s
suffering,» Gregoria said. «This is an unfortunate event for Marin, but I
do not know how to react, like I do not want this to happen.»
«To be honest, I am grateful for the medal, but I am not really happy,» she added.
Gregoria’s
bronze medal is Indonesia’s first medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and
also the first medal for the country’s women’s singles after Maria
Kristin won bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Her coach, Herli Djaenudin, said that it has been a while since Indonesia’s women’s singles badminton won a medal.
Chairman
of the Indonesian National Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia), Raja
Sapta Oktohari, said that Gregoria’s medal is not simply given to her
but because of her struggles.
