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Monopoly, Asiad malaise
HIROSHIMA. Oct 1.7: Whether it is turtle blood, tyrannical training or a gene pool of- 1.2 billion people. China leaves the Asian Games groaning under , the weight of its golden haul, reports Reuter.
China's onslaught on the Games and its final tally of 137 golds have proved beyond the shadow of 3 doubt that it reigns the tracks, pools and gyms of the continent. Only Japan and South Korea can come even knee-high to their achievements.
But the rest of Asia, often fighting more basic problems of poverty, malnutrition and poor infrastructure, fee) left out in the cold and wonder whether such overwhelming dominance is good for sport on the continent as a whole.
For poor nations, the Chinese juggernaut has crushed the chances of glorv they used to enjoy regularly a decade ago.
Gone are the days when a barefoot Indian villager could enjoy his or her moment of glory
The innocent victors of past eras have been wiped out by the computer-controlled products of Ma Junren's distance running factory or swimnung coach Chen Yunpengs brutal regime at the training pool.
It is our experience that rfjIHiever big countries con citrate on developing their sports the small countries suffer said Arne Ljungqvlst. vice president of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF).
"For the last 10 years the Asian Games may as well have been called the East Aslan Games because of the dotnina Hon of the big countries China. South Korea and Japan said Sri Lankas delegation chief Prerna Pinnewale
Tile former sporting pow
ers of Southern Asia have also been blasted .further back in the standings by the acceptance of the blond, blue-eyed athfetes of five ex-Soviet republics to the Asian Games.
The Central Asian invasion also partly explains why ■ China’s golden tally Ln Hiroshima is considerably down on the last Games in Beijing, when they won 183 golds.
Kazakhstan in particular, with a final medals tally of 25 golds, 26 silvers. 26 bronzes arid an overall fourth place, has stolen some of the limelight from China.
"They are Europeans. It is too early to admit them." said Sulapong Ariyamongkol. chief athletics coach of the Thai team.
He said the overwhelming competition from ChlQa and Central Asia meant that poorer nations were even less inclined to send teams to as many events as they would in the past.
He added that the only reason Thailand had sent a re spectable number of athletes was because Bangkok is host of the next Games in 1998.
The bitter Chinese pill of domination might have been easier to swallow if raw talent from seething millions were the reason for glory.
But China’s single-minded and scientific quest for victory, tinged with a shadow of doubt over whether the medal ma chine may be pharmaceutically powered, leaves a bitter aftertaste for some in Asia.
As well as swimming, diving and athletics. China reigned particularly supreme in gym nasties, weightlifting, rowing and cycling, events where dop ing is most prevalent interna Uonalfy Suspicions of doping within the - Chinese squad, where they are hotly denied, are most prevalent at the
swimming pool and on the athletics track.
The abrupt removal of a female discus thrower from the Asian Games team because of a positive test for anabolic steroids before she left for Hiroshima has added grist to the doping rumour mill.
Concidentally or not. team events and ball sports where the use of drugs is a less guaranteed route to success still remain outside China's commanding sphere of dominance.
China angrily denies any widespread routine of doping in its sporting structures, saying its excellence stems from advanced training methods and sheer bloody-minded hard work.
The- Olympic Council of Asia, the apex of the continent's sporting' Bureaucracy, condemned the west and particularly the media for making unfounded doping allegations.-
At the two glamour events of the Asian Games Chinese women were particularly invincible. the swimmers gaining a full house of 15 golds. The Chinese track and field stars won 22 gold out of 43 events.
The IAAF's Ljungqvlst said China had made superhuman efforts in recent years to dominate strength and distance events which are relatively new to’ the female sporting agenda, such as running distances, 1.500 metres ‘ and above and weihtliftlng
With no established records In these fields it was easier for China, eager to establish its reputation as a world sporting superpower, to make its mark on untested events. Ljungqvlst said ■
ft Is a sad fact for the rest of Asia who in future will be even less inclined to spend precious money on sending teams to the Games only to return home empty ■ handed ,