Chief of Indonesia’s National Olympic Committee Raja Sapta “Okto” Oktohari said Indonesia would bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics. (The Jakarta Post/Bangkit Jaya Putra)
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ndonesia will bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics after failing to secure the 2032 games, the National Olympic Committee said in a statement on Thursday.
Committee chief Raja Sapta Oktohari said, "We will not back down and will continue to fight for the 2036 Olympics," promising more solid preparation.
Okto said Indonesia aims to be chosen for the IOC targeted dialogue for the 2036 bid.
Indonesia has campaigned to host the Summer Games after successfully holding the Asian Games in 2018.
On Wednesday, during the annual session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), members confirmed Brisbane as host of the Summer Olympics in 2032, after the IOC's future host commission held a "targeted dialogue" with the city.
Brisbane will host the 2032 summer Olympics, after the IOC overwhelmingly approved its nomination in a vote that Australia's prime minister hailed as a historic moment for city and country.
The city, where hundreds of people gathered at the river-side South Bank erupted in cheering as the defining moments of the IOC session were broadcast on a big screen, becomes the third in Australia to get the Games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
Queensland's state capital had been the preferred host, chosen in February, and had earned the nod of the IOC's executive board last month, essentially securing the Games.
"It is first of all the passion and love for sport which the Aussies demonstrated," IOC President Thomas Bach said of the winning project, quoted by Reuters.
"Second it is… in line with the IOC reforms, for sustainable Games in every respect. Today’s vote is a vote of trust."
The IOC tried to create some buzz around Wednesday's election, the first not to openly pit cities and countries against each other.
But with Brisbane the sole candidate, the procedure lacked the drama of past announcements that, after a battle for the nod over a two-year candidacy period, showed city populations nervously looking on as the IOC President opened a trademark large white envelope to name the winning host.
Brisbane got 72 of 77 eligible votes from IOC members and its selection means Australia becomes only the second country in the world, after the United States, to stage summer Olympic Games in three different cities.
"It's a historic day not just for Brisbane and Queensland, but for the entire country," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.
