Indonesia is hoping to win a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games in the badminton mixed doubles.
Indonesia's doubles world champions Nova Widianto and Lilyana
Natsir have collected 70,574 points this season and are now ranked
second in the world while teammates Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa
are in the fourth place on 63,109 points.
"So far, the two pairs have the biggest chance at the Olympic
event," Lius Pongoh, head coach of the Badminton Association of
Indonesia (PBSI), was quoted Thursday by local newspaper The
Jakarta Post as saying.
During 2007, Nova and Lilyana won three titles -- the
Philippines Open, the World Championships and the China Open Super
Series.
Flandy and Vita also belted three titles under their names --
the Aviva Open Singapore Super Series, the Yonex Chinese Taipei
Grand Prix Gold and the French Super Series.
"It has been a tradition for Indonesia to win gold medals at the
Olympics and we aim to continue the tradition. We hope to grab at
least one gold," he said.
(Xinhua News Agency December 27, 2007)