JAKARTA (10/17/08) – INDONESIA targets to win gold medals from nine of all 17 sports disciplines in Asian Beach Games. Djoko Pramono said that Indonesia can gain significant benefits from all nine sports as the athletes ranked in Asia, even the world.

All nine sports are beach pencak silat, beach takraw, beach volleyball, body building, dragon boat, jetski, surfing, wind surfing and paragliding. “Our target will be more that Asian Games Doha 2006. However, pencak silat team sets their own target to win four gold medals.

Oyong Karmayudha, the team manager, said that the team will comprise of SEA Games Thailand 2007 and Indonesian National Games gold medalists. (Irw)