A Long Road to Olympic Gold
Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu have made Olympic history, being Indonesia’s first female athletes to win gold in the women’s doubles badminton event.
Indonesia\'s Apriyani Rahayu (L) and Indonesia\'s Greysia Polii pose on the court with their women\'s doubles badminton gold medals during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo on August 2, 2021.
Greysia Polli and Apriyani Rahayu went through life’s ups and downs prior to winning gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Greysia was once at her lowest when she was disqualified in the 2012 London Olympics and when her partner chose to retire due to an injury. Apriyani, meanwhile, built her career from the very bottom, starting by using racquets made from a piece of board.
Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu have made Olympic history, being Indonesia’s first female athletes to win gold in the women’s doubles badminton event. They successfully reached the highest achievement in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite the challenges that they had encountered in their lives.