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ndonesia is preparing some 150 athletes to compete in 20 different sports at the upcoming Asian Games but has yet to disclose the medal target.

The biggest continent'€™s sporting showcase will take place in Incheon, South Korea from Sept. 19 until Oct. 4.

'€œIt has just been decided in a meeting today between the Satlak Prima task force and [various] sports organizations,'€ Djoko Pekik Irianto, deputy chief of development affairs with the Youth and Sports Ministry told The Jakarta Post via phone interview on Wednesday.

Boxing, Taekwondo, equestrian sports, athletics, swimming, weight lifting, badminton and beach volleyball are among the 20 events that Indonesia will take part in.

The 2014 Asian Games will offer medals in 36 sports, six sports less than the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China Nov. 12 to Nov. 27.

'€œWe are focusing on the events where we feel we have the best opportunity of winning medals in the Games,'€ Djoko said.

According to Djoko, the list of the athletes, based on the recommendation of the sports organizations, is provisional and may change.

'€œThere will be another selection process, which will be conducted around March, where a team from Prima will conduct physical, health and psychological evaluations, as well as biomotor ability tests on the athletes,'€ he said.

The athletes have started intensive training with their respective organizations under the supervision of the Prima task force.

'€œWe do not require the athletes to train in Jakarta. It depends on the facilities of the [different] sport organizations,'€ said Djoko. Lifters are currently training in three different cities '€“ Balikpapan, Lampung and Bekasi.

In Guangzhou, Indonesia brought home four gold medals to finish in 15th place out of 35 participating countries. The dragon boat team contributed three golds with the other won by the badminton squad.

While the contingent has yet to set the number of medals expected in Incheon, the national badminton body PBSI is optimistic about winning two gold medals.

The mixed doubles and men'€™s doubles will be the team'€™s best prospect for winning a gold medal.

The pairs in both events have had consistent performances since last year. Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir won their second consecutive All England title in the mixed doubles event and the world badminton title, which was also won by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in men'€™s doubles event.

At the 2013 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), however, aside from the two favorite badminton events, women'€™s singles shuttler Bellaetrix Manuputty surprisingly ended Indonesia'€™s six-year gold medal drought to when she won the first of three gold medals grabbed by the shuttlers.