7/26/2008

Indonesia will send 24 athletes to compete in the Beijing Olympics,


Indonesia will send 24 athletes to compete in the Beijing Olympics,
with the hope of bringing home at least one gold medal, local media
reports said Friday. The athletes will compete in seven sporting events
- athletics, archery, shooting, swimming, weightlifting, windsurfing
and badminton - said Rita Subowo, chairwoman of the Indonesian Olympics
Commitee (KOI).

Badminton is the only sport in which Indonesia has
taken a gold medal since 1992. The badminton team is the country's
largest, with 11 players, including 2004 Olympic gold medalist Taufik
Hidayat, who has been struggling to rediscover his form.Indonesia won a
gold, silver and two bronze medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
Meanwhile, female lifter Lisa Rumewas, who won back-to-back silver
medals in 2000 and 2004, said she would not be preoccupied with a medal
target, while sprinter Suryo Agung Wibowo said he would aim to break
his own national record.

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