Former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat confirmed yesterday that he would retire after next week's Indonesia Open Super Series tournament, but was tight-lipped about his plans for the future.
One of Indonesia’s best-known sportsmen will bring the curtain down on a brilliant and sometimes controversial career during which he won the Olympic gold in Athens in 2004 and was also crowned world champion.
Taufik Hidayat
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“I will remain focused on helping develop badminton, but the details are still secret,” he told AFP.
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