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Dragons Asia's saving grace
TOKYO. Dec 23: Chinese WoO'dcrs'In-swimming and a duel between Japanese and (South Korean marathon men .up Barcelona's Montjuic Hill lighted Aslan inroads onto the world sports scene In the Olympic year, reports AH'.
Japanese money also swayed the European-dominated circuit of Formula One racing with Honda's shock withdrawal and lured European and Latin American talent to a projected professional football league.
But the rest of Asia was mostly left blushing and angry with nothing much to show and with limited resources to spare for sports in a year of global economic stagnation.
latden with increased cash and material incentives. Chinese, South Korean and Japanese Olympians marched home after their more-than-expcctcd successes al both the Winter and Summer Games.
In the Summer heat of Barcelona. China glittered with a record haul of 16 golds, compared with 15 they earned when returning to the Olympics al the boycott-marred Los Angeles Games tn 1984.
It was also a convincing comeback from a miserable-five at the last Games tn Seoul and a big boost to their bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2000.
Taiwan took home one sliver medal while one bronze each went to Malaysia, ihe Philippines, Thailand and-Pakislan.
In contrast to the wave of jubilation elsewhere in the far-flung region, Indian athletes, including the favoured hockey ^squatl, returned home empty-
handed, prompting a nation- j wide call for n thorough over- i haul of the country’s sporting management.
In Dhaka, a leftwing politician called for an indefinite ban on competitive sport not only in Bangladesh but also In the other South Asian nations. India and Pakistan.
Moinuddln Khan Badal said it as a shame that the sub-continent, region of more than one billton people, could only take home a bronze.
The fierce Philippine press demanded the country's top sports officials resign after one boxing bronze was all they could afford.
The Globe newspaper suggested the Philippines should either sack their national Olympic Committee or tell the world: We will not enter the Olympics until 12 years from now.
On ice and snow al the French resort of Albertville, the three East Aslan dragons also left their marks with China and South Korea winning Winter Olympic medals for the first lime.
South Korean Kim Ki-hoon won two golds in the new Olympic sport of short-track speedskating.
He also set a world record In the men's 10,000m and powered his team to another in the 5,000m relay beating Canada by a four hundredths of a second on the tiny oval.
Japan won the Nordic combined event for their first Winter Olympic gold tn 20 years. Japan's former world champion Midori Ito, landing a triple akle for the women s Olympic competition, settled for a silver medal in the women's figure skating behind
Japanese American Kristi Yamaguchi.
On the big oval of speed skating, Chinn's Ye Qtaobo narrowly lost to American Bonnie Blair 1n the women s 500 and l.OOOm
In the men’s 500m. Japan's Toshiyuki Kurosawa and Junichi Inoue won the silver and bronze medals behind defending champion Uwe-Jens Mey of Germany. South Korean Kim Yoon-man and Yuklnori Miyabe finished behind German OLaf Zlnkc in the 1.000.
All told. Aslans bagged 15 medals and have continued to win as another winter of competition gels underway.
Japan's soccer team upset defending champions Saudi Arabia 1-0 at Hiroshima In November for thetr first-ever Asian Cup victory.
ft was the first time the trophy had moved to East Asia since South Korea triumphed in the second competition In I960
At Seoul In September. Japan also defeated Hong Kong 37-9 in the Asian rugby championships for their ninth victory.
The football feat may boost Japan's bid to host the 2002 World Cup although the East Asian nation have been in the shadows since they took the bronze at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
Japan's plan lo start a pro-fessjonal league in May has already led to The Import of such foreign stars as Zico of Brazil and England's Gary Lineker.
And more recently Brazilian International Wilson Carlos joined Yamaha FC while Jean-I’aul Vonderburg of Malmo went lo Hiroshima Sanfreecc coached by Briton Stuart Jkum