China to retain Asiad top spot

China to retain Asiad top spot

BEIJING: China's athletes will bag 15 track and field gold
medals at the upcoming Asian Games, maintaining the country's top
continental spot in the disciplines, a leading Beijing sports
official predicted Monday.

China aims to see off tough competition from main rivals Japan
and South Korea at the event, Wang Dawei, vice director of the
Chinese track and field administrative center told the official
Xinhua news agency.

Nonetheless, mirroring the success of the previous Asian Games
when Chinese athletes also won 15 golds will be a tricky task at
the upcoming competition, running from Sept. 29 to Oct. 14 in
Busan, South Korea, Wang said.

"It's a tough project for the Chinese athletics as many of our
gold hopefuls retired due to injuries," he said. --AFP