Sport In Indonesia
Sports in Indonesia are popular from both the participation and spectating aspect. Popular sport in Indonesia are Badminton, Football, and native Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat. Badminton is arguably Indonesia's most successful sport. Indonesia has won gold medals in badminton in every Olympic Games since the sport was first introduced to the Olympics in 1992. Indonesia is regularly participating in Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, and Sudirman Cup Badminton championships. Indonesia is regularly participating in regional multi-events sport, such as Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games, and Olympic Games. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia is one of the major sport powerhouse in the region by dominating Southeast Asian Games overall champion for 10 times since 1977.
Sporting events in Indonesia are organized by the Indonesian National Sport Committee (Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia or KONI). The organisation, along with the Indonesian government have set the National Sports Day on September 9. Indonesia hosts the Pekan Olahraga Nasional multi-sport event every four years. The participants of this event is the athletes from all provinces of Indonesia with hosting tally are distributed among Indonesian provinces.
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