JAKARTA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Youth and Sport Ministry has put priority to develop scores of sports which provide potential gold medals for the country in the Asian Games next year and the upcoming Olympics.
Indonesian Youth and Sport Minister Imam Nahrawi said that the ministry has determined a total of 20 sports for maximum development in preparation for the regional sport event in the country and the international sport event.
"We have projected our opportunity so that we focus on several sports that we forecast they can provide gold medals in Asian Games and Olympic," he said on Wednesday night.
The athletes to be vying in the prioritized sports will get a special treatment and more tryouts, and the financing will also be boosted, Nahrawi cited.
The determination of the sports was undertaken based on experience that the country's athletes have frequently secured gold medals in the games at some international sport events.
Among the sports were badminton, archery, athletic, swimming and gymnastic, he said.
The Indonesian government has set a target of the 8th position in the Asian Games with about 15 gold medals.
The Asian Games is scheduled to be held from Aug. 18 to Sept. 2, 2018 in Indonesia's capital of Jakarta and Palembang city, the provincial capital of South Sumatra.
