Opening ceremony of 16th Asian Games kicks off

[BigTree.CN]

People are rehearsing the closing ceremony!

 

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[BigTree.CN]

Since Liu Xiang withdrawed from the Beijing Olympics in 2008, he has been heavily criticized by many cynical people.

Thank god, Liu Xiang proves again he is the best in Asia, i hope this victory can shut those hypercritical people up.

 

[ChinaRocks]

This is Amazing ,China really makes us proud and hopefully we can perform as well as we did here in the london olympics ,really looking forward to it

 

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[ChinaRocks]

When it comes to sport, China's the superpower

For those obsessed with China-India comparisons, India was practically a no-show at the Asian Games, notwithstanding a few cases of individual heroics. With a medals tally nine times higher than India’s, there’s no doubt who is the world’s sports superpower.

The clinical precision with which Chinese chase their goals was obvious when they hosted the Olympics in 2008. They weren’t content with a spectacular show. They wanted to win, and they did, trouncing the US to top the medals tally. When Abhinav Bindra won the gold at the Beijing Olympics, the Indian media went overboard on his feat. It took a Chinese English newspaper, the China Daily, to bring us down to earth with a headline that said it all: ‘A nation of a billion people wins its first gold’.

India may be breathing down China’s neck in the growth sweepstakes, potential superpower status and such, but in sports that demand speed, agility and single-mindedness, it’s still at the starting post. On Tuesday, as India exuberantly celebrated its seventh gold at the Asian Games, its ‘arch rival’ had no reason to react. At the Doha Games of 2006, India ended with a mere 10 golds to China’s 166. It won’t be any different this time.

The experts predict that 2042 is when India can find itself in a position to threaten the Chinese in the sporting arena. The prediction counts for little in a rapidly changing sporting environment where cutting-edge technology and clinical focus hold the key — not who you know, and what your contacts can do for you. The long-standing quarrel between India’s sports administration bodies and athletes is a waste of energy and shifts attention from creating and promoting excellence to petty one-upmanship.

Yes, this rant is old. And it is worrying that despite being an old problem, it hasn’t been fixed yet. Superficial changes like reducing the tenure of the top federation bosses is not enough. Crores of rupees were spent on building infrastructure for the Commonwealth Games. The answers are obvious: Throw the stadiums open to the potential stars of India’s sporting future. Give them the best training money can buy. Don’t involve them in unseemly squabbles. Offer them a future that doesn’t involve plying autorickshaws.

China has given its athletes a secure roadmap. They can wear blinkers without blinking. Forget the ego, we need to learn from our neighbour. For now, we can be happy that they haven’t taken up cricket as a challenge.

 

[CardSharp]

Since Liu Xiang withdrawed from the Beijing Olympics in 2008, he has been heavily criticized by many cynical people.

Thank god, Liu Xiang proves again he is the best in Asia, i hope this victory can shut those hypercritical people up.

Those idiots need to realize an injury is an injury. World class athletes are fine tuned machines and with the ultra-demanding training they go through everyday, injury is a constant danger.

 

[CardSharp]

When it comes to sport, China's the superpower

For those obsessed with China-India comparisons, India was practically a no-show at the Asian Games, notwithstanding a few cases of individual heroics. With a medals tally nine times higher than India’s, there’s no doubt who is the world’s sports superpower.

The clinical precision with which Chinese chase their goals was obvious when they hosted the Olympics in 2008. They weren’t content with a spectacular show. They wanted to win, and they did, trouncing the US to top the medals tally. When Abhinav Bindra won the gold at the Beijing Olympics, the Indian media went overboard on his feat. It took a Chinese English newspaper, the China Daily, to bring us down to earth with a headline that said it all: ‘A nation of a billion people wins its first gold’.

India may be breathing down China’s neck in the growth sweepstakes, potential superpower status and such, but in sports that demand speed, agility and single-mindedness, it’s still at the starting post. On Tuesday, as India exuberantly celebrated its seventh gold at the Asian Games, its ‘arch rival’ had no reason to react. At the Doha Games of 2006, India ended with a mere 10 golds to China’s 166. It won’t be any different this time.

The experts predict that 2042 is when India can find itself in a position to threaten the Chinese in the sporting arena. The prediction counts for little in a rapidly changing sporting environment where cutting-edge technology and clinical focus hold the key — not who you know, and what your contacts can do for you. The long-standing quarrel between India’s sports administration bodies and athletes is a waste of energy and shifts attention from creating and promoting excellence to petty one-upmanship.

Yes, this rant is old. And it is worrying that despite being an old problem, it hasn’t been fixed yet. Superficial changes like reducing the tenure of the top federation bosses is not enough. Crores of rupees were spent on building infrastructure for the Commonwealth Games. The answers are obvious: Throw the stadiums open to the potential stars of India’s sporting future. Give them the best training money can buy. Don’t involve them in unseemly squabbles. Offer them a future that doesn’t involve plying autorickshaws.

China has given its athletes a secure roadmap. They can wear blinkers without blinking. Forget the ego, we need to learn from our neighbour. For now, we can be happy that they haven’t taken up cricket as a challenge.

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When it comes to sport, China’s the superpower - Opinion - DNA

 

[CardSharp]

For me, this was the most exciting event to watch at the Asian Games.


2010 Asian Games - Men's Team Final: Fencing China vs Japan
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[Brotherhood]

The 16th Asian Games

Rank Country/Region Gold Silver Bronze

1 China 176 95 88
2 Korea 71 59 81
3 Japan 36 66 79
4 Iran 17 11 19
5 Chinese Taipei 12 12 33

 

[CardSharp]

The 16th Asian Games

Rank Country/Region Gold Silver Bronze

1 China 176 95 88
2 Korea 71 59 81
3 Japan 36 66 79
4 Iran 17 11 19
5 Chinese Taipei 12 12 33

Pretty below average results. Only double the next place in gold when for the past 2 or 3 games it's been triple the next place. I guess there is some truth to the rumour, China is sending a younger team for the Asian games.

 

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Liu Xiang's back as China sets new medal record - People's Daily OnlineNovember 25, 2010

China's Liu Xiang jubilates after the men's 110m hurdles final of athletics at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 24, 2010. Liu claimed the title of the event with 13.09 seconds. (Xinhua/Li Yong)

Hurdler Liu Xiang stated his full recovery from a stunning Beijing Olympics exit as the Asian Games Wednesday saw a second doping case and China's new record on medal tally.

The former world record holder, hitting the track at only his second event in a year, extended his lead over the last four hurdles to snatch the men's 110m hurdles gold medal in his season best 13.09 seconds.

His Chinese teammate and Athletes' village roommate Shi Dongpeng took silver in 13.38.

Carrying a nation's expectations, Liu limped off two years ago with an Achilles injury before even starting his first heat at the Beijing Games, leaving the whole Bird's Nest stadium in stunned silence.

Liu's only other impressive result after comeback was at a September 2009 meet in Shanghai where he timed 13.15 seconds.

"I am very happy to win the Asian Games title the third time," said the 27-year-old former Olympic and world champion after Wednesday's gold-winning final. "I didn't expect I could race in 13.09."

What was truly unexpected on Wednesday was that the Olympic Council of Asia revealed a second doping scandal, which involved a second Uzbek athlete.

Jakhongir Muminov, a Greco-Roman 84kg division wrestler, tested positive for Methylhexaneamine in an out-of-competition doping test on Nov. 19, OCA medical committee chairman Dr. Mani Jegathesan told press.

In the Games' first doping case, Uzbekistan's judoka Shokir Muminov was stripped of his silver medal last Friday after testing positive for the same banned stimulant.

The two athletes are not related and there was "no evidence" to prove the systematic use of drugs by Uzbek athletes, though the OCA has asked Uzbekistan to look into the incidents, according to Jegathesan.

As of Nov. 23, the organizing committee had conducted a total of 1,262 tests and 1,090 tests have returned the results, according to the OCA medical chief.

In last Asian Games in Doha, four weightlifters, including two Uzbekistan athletes, were disqualified for positive doping tests.

China's new mark of on the Asiad medal tally, however, has been quite foreseeable.

With Li Caixia's gold and Li Ning's silver in the women's pole vault, China surpassed the previous record of 342 medals that the hosts registered in Beijing 20 years ago.

Also the home delegation is on course to refresh the gold medals mark with just three days of competition left. China's best ever haul of gold stands at 183 in the Beijing Asian Games in 1990.

The 18-year-old rookie He Min stunned Olympic winner Qin Kai to lift the men's 1 meter springboard title, after Olympic champion Wu Minxia met no challenge to claim the women's 1m springboard crown.

China's women's hockey team achieved a hat-trick of golds in the Asiad after ousting South Korea 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out, and Xu Linyin/Wu Penggen and Gao Peng/Li Jian finished 1-2 in men's beach volleyball.

Elsewhere, Asian record holder Ehsan Hadidi gave Iran its 16th gold medal of the games with victory in the men's discus, and South Korea's Kim Deok-hyeon edged China's Su Xiongfeng in the men's long jump.

Saudi Arabia picked up another equestrian title with Hamad Ramzy Alduhami winning the show jumping, while Qatar Rally auto racing champion Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah led a men's team skeet title request.

Late on Wednesday, China beat Chinese Taipei to set up the women's basketball final with South Korea. Japan and Iran beat respective rivals to seal a final encounter against each other in men's volleyball.

Source: Xinhua