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AKARTA: The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) has announced its representatives for the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, including current young legend Taufik Hidayat.

Team manager Maria Fransisca said that besides the big name of Taufik, she had also included Simon Santoso, Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka and Tommy Sugiarto in the men’s singles competition.

“Adriyanti Firdasari, Lindaweni Fanetri, Maria Febe Kusumastuti and Bellatrix Manuputty will play in women’s singles,” added Maria at PBSI’s training camp in Cipayung, East Jakarta, on Friday, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

“Bona Septano-Mohammad Ahsan and Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan will enter the men’s doubles. Greysia Polii-Meiliana Jauhari and Vita Marissa-Nadya Melati in the women’s doubles, while Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir and Fran Kurniawan-Pia Zebadiah will compete in mixed doubles,” she added.

Indonesia’s mixed doubles coach Richard Maenaky hoped that his pairs would produce an all-Indonesian final at the Games.

Although many consider Taufik as too strong for the rest of the competition at the Games, the 31 year old said that he placed the fortunes of his country’s team above his current world No. 5 ranking.

“[I am] just like a pond, waiting for its water to run dry. I’m sure I will retire after [taking part in] the 2012 Olympics,” said Taufik.

Indonesia aims to secure four golds from the seven that are up for grabs at the Games, which will run from Nov. 11-22 in Jakarta and Palembang, South Sumatra.