Jakarta, Sept. 9 -- Indonesia targets at least four gold medals at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, Youth and Sports Minister Erick Thohir stated.

During the press conference at the Presidential Palace complex on Wednesday, Thohir explained that Indonesia won seven gold medals in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

However, three sports events that contributed to Indonesia's gold medals in 2022 were not held this year, namely two dragon boat and one shooting event.

"Hence, with the existing matrix, we target four gold medals. I will not say from which sports events," he stated.

President Prabowo Subianto earlier officially dispatched Indonesia's 430-strong contingent competing in the 2026 Asian Games during the send-o...