Once again World Champion, Evi opens up the opportunity to increase the quota for Indonesian athletes at the 2024 Paralympics

Karisma Evi made a neat record at the world championships in Japan. The opportunity to increase the Paralympic athlete quota is open.

DOKUMENTASI NPC INDONESIA

The Indonesian female sprinter, Karisma Evi Tiarani, competed in the women's 100-meter race T37 at the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships in Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan, on Tuesday (21/5/2024).

SURAKARTA, KOMPAS — Karisma Evi Tiarani became world champion again after winning a gold medal in the World Para Athletics Championships in Japan. Not only did he win, he also broke the record he set at the previous event. This achievement opens up opportunities for Indonesia to add athlete slots to the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France.

Evi won the championship title after competing in the women's 100-meter sprint event at the World Para Athletics Championships held at the Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe, Japan on Tuesday (21/5/2024). She managed to cross the finish line first with a time of 14.65 seconds, despite competing against athletes classified as T63. The athlete herself was classified as T42.

According to the Deputy Secretary General of the National Paralympic Committee, or NPC Indonesia, Rima Ferdianto, Evi's achievements open up opportunities for her country to increase the quota of athletes who can compete in the 2024 Paralympics. From just one medal, she said , at least Indonesia can add one athlete to the athletics branch.

Also read: Evi's charisma is the final pillar of athletic gold

DOKUMENTASI NPC INDONESIA

Indonesian female sprinter, Karisma Evi Tiarani, celebrated after finishing first in the women's 100 meters T37 event at the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe, Japan on Tuesday (21/05/2024).

"This means a lot because Evi contributed a lot of country points by winning a gold medal. "Moreover, he won it at the world championships," said Rima.

Rima explained that currently, countries are competing to collect as many country points as possible. The goal is that they can increase the number of athletes sent to the event. However, certainty regarding the quota will only be calculated at the end of June.

Regarding the athletic sports branch, according to Rima, there are only two athletes who have secured their tickets to the 2024 Paralympic Games, Evi and Sapto Yogo Purnomo. The qualification of these two figures is due to their achievements in various world championships, which often place them within the top three or four. However, if viewed as a whole, there are currently 24 Indonesian athletes who have qualified for the event.

"Hopefully our number of athletes can exceed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At that time we were allocated seven athletes. "Hopefully after calculating the country points we can get nine athletes as targeted," said Rima.

DOKUMENTASI NPC INDONESIA

Indonesian female sprinter, Karisma Evi Tiarani (center), poses with the medal she won during the medal ceremony for the women's 100-meter T37 event at the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe, Japan, on Wednesday (22/05/2024).

Break records

In that championship, it turns out Evi also broke the record for the fastest time in the women's 100 meters T42 classification. Her recorded time was better compared to the fastest time recorded in the same event in 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, which was 16.72 seconds.

Interestingly, the fastest runner at that time was also Evi. This means that the sprinter from Boyolali broke her own record in two consecutive editions. This record also enabled her to maintain her title as world champion.

"Of course, this is a fantastic achievement for Evi. It makes her the world champion in the 100-meter T63 event. This is Evi's second world championship title after winning in Dubai in 2019," said Para Athletics Coach Purwo Adi Sanyoto.

ANTARA FOTO/AKBAR NUGROHO GUMAY

Indonesian sprinter, Karisma Evi Tiarani (center), speeds up during the women's 100-meter T42 and T63 event at the 2018 Asian Para Games held in the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta, on Wednesday (10/10/2018).

Also read: Sapto Yogo and Karisma Evi Caring for the Paralympic Spirit

Purwo stated that his protege is preparing themselves seriously to participate in the competition. Because the competition is also part of the preparation to welcome the 2024 Paralympic Games. Shortcomings during the event will be noted so that Evi can perform even better.

Of course, this is a very extraordinary result that Evi achieved.

Meanwhile, Evi expressed her happiness over her record achievement. However, she is not satisfied enough as she has not been able to break her personal record. Evi's best time record was created during the 2023 Asian Paragames in Hangzhou, China, with a time of 14.37 seconds.

"This serves as motivation to be able to achieve better record times in the future. The next plan is to prepare for the Paralympics in 2024 in Paris," said Evi regarding her record-breaking achievement in the World Para Athletics Championships.