{"id":32457,"date":"2019-02-19T09:58:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T09:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=32457"},"modified":"2019-02-19T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T09:58:16","slug":"indonesia-submits-bid-to-host-2032-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=32457","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia submits bid to host 2032 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" readability=\"100.168056446\">\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/indonesia.html\">Indonesia<\/a>, the world&#8217;s most populous Muslim nation, has submitted a bid to host the 2032 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/subjects\/olympics.html\">Olympics<\/a> following the success of last year&#8217;s Asian Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">State news agency Antara reported on Tuesday that Indonesia&#8217;s ambassador to Switzerland submitted a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last week from President Joko Widodo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;The IOC has acknowledged Indonesia&#8217;s capabilities during the Asian Games and Asian Paragames of 2018,&#8221; Antara quoted Ambassador Muliaman D Hadad as saying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We feel that is a strong foundation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the host of the 2018 Asian Games, Indonesia provided a spectacular opening ceremony and exceeded its own expectations winning 30 golds, finishing fourth on the medal table.<\/p>\n<p>However, a report by the Reuters news agency suggested it could face stiff competition from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/india.html\">India<\/a> and a joint bid by North and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>If Jakarta wins the opportunity to host the summer Olympics, it would become the fourth Asian country to do so, after Japan, China and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo is hosting the 2020 Olympics, while Paris and Los Angeles are already selected to host the following two Games in 2024 and 2028, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The IOC will pick the 2032 host by the year 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia is projected to be among the world&#8217;s 10 biggest economies by 2030, but after it cost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/brazil.html\">Brazil<\/a> about $20bn to host the 2016 Olympics, objections could be raised in the South Asian country where poverty is widespread.<\/p>\n<p>According to Oxfam, 93 million Indonesians live on less than $3.10 a day, which is defined by the World Bank as the moderate poverty line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p>\n            SOURCE:<br \/>\n            <span>Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia, the world&#8217;s most populous Muslim nation, has submitted a bid to host the 2032 Olympics following the success of last year&#8217;s Asian Games. State news agency Antara reported on Tuesday that Indonesia&#8217;s ambassador to Switzerland submitted a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last week from President Joko Widodo. &#8220;The IOC has acknowledged&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":32458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}