2018 Asian Games: Simone Julia, Canadian-Indonesian jujitsu athlete

TRIBUNSUMSEL.COM – Indonesia is aiming for the highest achievement in the Asian Games multi-event sporting event to be held from August 18 to September 2, 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang.

A number of athletes continue to prepare to achieve this goal.

This was also done by Simone Julia, a mixed Canadian-Indonesian woman who became one of the mainstays of the Indonesian jujitsu team at the Asian Games.

It aims to donate the highest achievement of a gold medal to the Red and Whites.

Simi, the nickname of Simone Julia, is currently continuing her final preparations for the Asian Games, which are only a matter of days away.

Simi said that currently, apart from practicing techniques and strategies, she is also focusing on losing weight so that she can move up to the 62kg category.

“My class is 70 kilos and there is no competition, there are 62 kilos. “So whether you like it or not, I have to lose another 8 kilos,” Simi said, as quoted by Kompas.com's Tribunsumsel.

He also added that to achieve his goal of participating in the Asian Games, he is now training more and maintaining his diet.

“Exercise constantly, run a lot, don't eat carelessly. It can lose weight. “I'm currently following the program and I'm hopeful that I can lose weight,” said Ronda Rousey, a fan of mixed martial arts athletes.

The achievements of women who discovered Jujitsu only three years ago are quite good.

Among other things, he won two gold medals at the national championship and one gold at the Indonesian submission championship as well as two gold medals in Malaysia.

Finally, at the Asian Indoor Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) at MAA Asghabat, Turkmenistan, Monday (18/9/2017), Julia almost won bronze, but unfortunately, in the third place match she had to be disqualified.

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