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Jakarta, 2 October 2024 After completing the National Sports Games (PON) in Aceh and Northern Sumatra, the XVII 2024 National ParalympicGames (PEPARNAS) will be organized on the October 6th to 13th, 2024 in Solo, Central Java and its surroundings, covering Sukoharjo, Boyolali and Karanganyar. It is estimated that this event will be attended by 3,100 […]

Jakarta, 23 September 2024 On September 20th,  2024, PON (National Sports Games) XXI 2024 which was held in Aceh Province and Northern Sumatra Province was completed. The PON was officially opened by President Mr. Joko Widodo on September 9th  2024 at the Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Banda Aceh (Aceh), and then it was officially closed by

Medan, 16 September 2024 One of the sports at PON XXI 2024 is bodybuilding, which had been competed in Medan. On the final of the 85 kg class on September 11th,  2024, Mr. Tjhie Rahmat Wijaya took part on it and he coincidentally won a gold medal. The IADO representatives who witnessed at the announcement

Jakarta, 6 September 2024 According to the plan, on the evening of September 9th,  2024,  PON (National Sports Games) XXI 2024 will be officially opened by the President Joko Widodo at the Harapan Bangsa Stadium in Banda Aceh (Aceh Province). PON, which is being held for the first time in two provinces, namely Aceh Province

Jakarta, 23 August 2024 The Indonesian Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (PBFI) is the national federation which in the last two years has tried to show its deep concern regarding the doping issue. This is related to the condition, that in the last two PONs (National Sports Games), the number of athletes affected by doping was dominated by several

Jakarta, 22 May 2024 After previously it was announced on April 4th,  2024 IADO stated that there was a bodybuilding athlete who had been declared doping, today of May 22nd, 2022 IADO was forced to again announce the doping case imposed on a cycling athlete in the name of Mr. Odie Purnama Setiawan. Finally, on

Jakarta, 8 May 2024 Recently, WADA has worked hard due to the issues raised by several international media from various countries, which generally reported that samples from 23 Chinese aquatic athletes were declared positive for doping, namely containing the doping compound TMZ (Trimetazidine) which is included in WADA’s 2021 Prohibited List. The effect of this

Jakarta, 29 April 2024 A year ago, on April 27th and 28th,  2023, the IADO office at the FX Tower of Senayan received 3 special guests from WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). Their arrival was initially preceded by an official letter sent by the Director General of WADA Mr. Olivier Niggli to the Minister of Youth

Jakarta, 18 April 2024 As it has been scheduled  for the selection of Anti-Doping PRESI (Education Presenter), which was held by IADO for the first time in the history of LADI (Indonesian Anti-Doping Agency which was born in 2006, later changed its name to IADO in February 2022), then the selection process has just completed

Jakarta, 4 April 2024 With reference to Article 5 of the World Anti-Doping Code, each NADO (National Anti-Doping Organization) is obliged to carry out tests on any athlete competing both in ongoing championships (ICT: in competition testing) and outside of competition (OOCT: out of competition testing). Therefore, IADO through this website conveys the following press statement: