In October 2023, Irfanaluthfi suffered a knee injury at the 2023 FIG Antwerp Gymnastics World Championships in Belgium. The next day, she not only found out that she would require surgery, but that her performance the previous day had secured her a ticket to Paris 2024.
She explained, “This is not for me alone. I want to motivate everyone, especially young athletes, not only for artistic gymnastics, but in other sports as well that have never qualified for the Olympics. I want to tell them if I can do it, then you can too.”
Irfanaluthfi will make her Olympic debut on 28 July 2024 in the women’s artistic gymnastics competition, which will take place at the Bercy Arena.