by Abu Hanifah JAKARTA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Realizing that it would be a hard task to ascend to significant rank among countries vying in Asian Games, Indonesia team deployed in the upcoming Guangzhou Asiad is seeking medals only from selective sports whose athletes are reliable to get some. The highly-expected athletes to win medals were those who had secured significant ranks in world-class championships in their respective sports, among others from athletic, fencing, billiard, weightlifting and bowling. Reports said that Indonesian government allocated 15 billion rupiah (some 1.6 million U.S. dollars) to finance the training programs and departing its athletes to Guangzhou Asiad. Indonesia secured two gold medals from badminton and bowling in the last asiad held in Qatar in 2006. Indonesian senior official tasked to oversee Indonesian sports development, Djoko Pramono, told Xinhua that Indonesia will send 297 athletes to Guangzhou, or significantly larger number than delegations sent by other countries in the upcoming asiad. They will vie in 23 sports. They conducted intensive trainings for the Guangzhou asiad in the last six months. 'May our athletes capable to perform their bests there even though we realized that many athletes competing in Sea Games were already recognized among world's top notch athletes, particularly our colleagues from China. They are very strong. But for the sake of friendship, we have to come there, compete with our colleagues.' Djoko who heads Sports Development Commission at Indonesia Olympic Committee (KONI) told Xinhua recently. Dedeh Erawati was a noted Indonesian woman athlete highly expected to 'steal' a medal in athletic sport. The 31 year-old woman won a gold medal in 100 meter hurdle in Laos SEA Games last year. She also secured the third position in Asian athletic grand prix championship held in India in June. She was humble on the medal target in asiad, hinting that she would perform her best as the upcoming Asian Games could be her last chance to compete in asiad. 'I want to make (the upcoming) Asian Games a meaningful event for me. I finished third in Asian athletic Grand Prix held in India recently. At that time, my time record had not broke the national record. I hope I can break national time record and gain medals in Guangzhou,' Dedeh told Xinhua on the sidelines of her training session. The other Indonesian woman athlete expected to secure a medal was the 19 year- old Diah Permatasari, She would vie in saber group. The student of a university in Surabaya secured the third position in the recent Asian fencing championship 'Singapore Open' . She realized that it would not be easy to defeat her opponents in the fencing group, saying that her toughest rivals would come from China, South Korea and Japan. She said that lack of sparring partners and advanced training program were among the hurdles she faces at home. That's why, she said, she would undertake overseas training shortly before she contends in Guangzhou. 'We have been conducting the training program since last month in the morning and the afternoon. We will undertake overseas training in Hungary, will depart on Oct. 20. From there we will go to Guangzhou directly,' Diah told Xinhua during her fencing exercise on Tuesday. Diah's trainer, Fatullah, said that considering her international match experiences and her achievement, she was expected to get a bronze medal in asiad. 'We don't expect much, but we have set a target to get a bronze medal. Our toughest rivals would be athletes from the host country, China, South Korea and Kazakhstan,' he said. Meanwhile, even though realizing that competition has been tightening, Indonesian billiard ace athlete, Ricky Yang, was optimistic that he could, somehow, secure a medal in Guangzhou asiad. 'The toughest rivals would be from the Philippines and Chinese Taipei. And I have to admit that China athletes are not undoubtedly advancing forward. It would a tough task to champion the match, but they would also be difficult to defeat us. I will put my utmost for my country Indonesia.' The 38 year-old man who won gold medal in 2007 Thailand SEA Games and played in final berths in several professional billiard championship in foreign countries said that the results of the match is not merely determined from the players' skills. He pointed out that victory in billiard match is contributed by luck factor 20 to 30 percent. 