The Olympics Blog» Indonesia, The Olympics Blog, http://theolympianblog.com Vancouver 2010| London 2012| Olympic Athletes | Hotties | Latest Olympic Updates | Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:17:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Country Report: Indonesia’s Beijing Bound Badminton Stars http://theolympianblog.com/country-report-indonesias-beijing-bound/ http://theolympianblog.com/country-report-indonesias-beijing-bound/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 12:12:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=140

Re-live Indonesian Taufik Hidayat’s gold medal win over South Korea’s Shon Seung Mo in this video of the 2004 Olympics badminton finals. Taufik is going to defend his title in Beijing as Indonesia is fielding him again. Fellow countryman Sony Dwo Kuncoro will join him in the singles competition.

According to the Badminton World Federation, the following men’s doubles and mixed doubles teams have earned tickets to Beijing: Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan, Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto, Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir and Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa.

Meanwhile, Maria Kristin Yulianti will carry Indonesia’s banner in the women’s singles. Vita Marissa/Lilyana Natsir will do the same in women’s doubles.

]]> http://theolympianblog.com/country-report-indonesias-beijing-bound/feed/ 0 The Olympic Torch in Jakarta, Indonesia http://theolympianblog.com/olympic-torch-in-jakarta-indonesia/ http://theolympianblog.com/olympic-torch-in-jakarta-indonesia/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:33:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=53

Olympic badminton champions Susi Susanti (left) and Taufik Hidayat (right) are torch bearers during the Jakarta leg of the torch’s world wide tour. Next stop, Australia.

Photo credit: beijing2008.

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