here is the 2004 edition: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130694 How many gold medals we'll get? I can't imagine!
To be frank, I hope some new table tennis players from other countries can challenge China. It is very tedious that Chinese players always win the all Champion of table tennis, which has ruined this kind of sports. I enjoy the great campaign of China vs Sweden several years ago.
yes...more people like Jan-Ove Waldner. "Lao Wa" is probably more popular in China than in his native Sweden.
Well you should probably discount the Singapore women's team out of it then, since only Tan Paey Fern was actually born and bred here. The other three are naturalised citizens who hail from, you guessed it, China. That said, I'll still be happy if they win a medal or two for Singapore. I like Ai Fukuhara though, baby-faced talent.
Singapore is our cousin country~ so personally~ never mind for some second tier Chinese players represents them in Asian Games
Yeah, it's really surprising too. Opens up a door of opportunities for lots of Chinese men! And I'm pretty sure Li Jiawei is second-tier.
before she goes to singapore~ Li Jiawei was only a youth team player in Beijing team but now she is one of the best! Obviously~ She's not wearing traditional Singaporean clothes
Chinese Female Tennis Contingent Plays Low Key at Asian Games 2006-11-29 09:02:30 Xinhua Chinese female tennis players kept low key as they arrived on Tuesday for the 15th Asian Games to be held from Dec. 1-15. CRI Special: Chinese Tennis "I will not say a single word at this moment," said Sun Jinfang, director of the Tennis Administrative Center of the State Sports General Administration of China. But she and her colleagues did say several times in the past two years that the goal of the national tennis squad at the Doha Asian Games would be one gold, which was widely thought as a reserved goal by public. Four years ago, Chinese tennis players suffered a heavy trauma at the Busan Asian Games, heading with hopes of chalking up at least one gold but coming back even without a single semifinalist. The 51-year-old Sun, who captained the honorable five-time champions women's volleyball team in the 1980s, brought a new look to the sport in China as a string of breakthroughs have been made year by year since she took office in the sport governing body in 2003. The women dream squad for the Asiad tennis tournament feature Asian number one Li Na, number three Zheng Jie, number four Peng Shuai and doubles ace Yan Zi, who partnered Zheng to win the Australian Open and Wimbledon this year and 2004 Olympic champions Li Ting/Sun Tiantian. "The Asian Games are very important and I will fight for the glory," said the 23-year-old Zheng on Tuesday. "Compared with the Busan Games four years ago, we are getting much maturer. "As for my injury, it is okey. And my physical conditions will be good enough for the three events (in singles, doubles and team) at the same time." China's team also includes 20-year-old rising star Peng Shuai, who is ranked 55th by the WTA and became the first Chinese player to reach the last four of the China Open in September. "It is the first time for me to be in Doha, so I feel curious. As for the Asian Games, I will try to play to my best," she said.
China Beats Philippines at Asiad Baseball 2006-12-01 05:36:33 Xinhua China claimed a second victory by crushing the Philippines, as Chinese Taipei made a large step towards its gold dream by outplaying South Korea in the baseball tournament at the 15th Asian Games on Thursday. Following its 4-1 victory over Thailand on Wednesday, the Chinese squad maintained its hope of winning a medal by scoring an impressive 15 runs in a game which ended early after China opened up a gap of more than 10 runs. China opened the scoring with four runs at the top of the second and eased into a 9-0 lead by the middle of the fourth. The burst of runs included a home run by leftfield Wang Wei. Nino Tator and Ruben Angeles of the Philippines scored runs on the bottom of the sixth inning to make the score 15-4, but their fellow players could not add to their tally and the game was called after the seventh inning. "That was a really nice match. We were not under any pressure. We were relaxed and I can say this game was a fun game," said Yi Sheng, manager of the Chinese team. Earlier in the day, the Chinese Taipei took a major step toward their goal of a gold medal with a 4-2 victory over two Asian Gamesgold winner South Korea in a fierce battle. Thanks largely to the sparkling performance of ace left-handed pitcher Hung-Chih Kuo, who plays for Los Angeles Dodgers in North America's top professional league, the star-studded Taipei staged a superb performance, scoring three solo homers in the game. With its win over South Korea, the Chinese Taipei significantly improved their chances of taking the gold. Six teams are competing in baseball on a round-robin format at the Asian Games. The team with the best record upon the completion of play will be crowned. China have games remaining against Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei.
China Topples Vietnam in Asiad Volleyball 2006-12-01 05:28:21 Xinhua Defending champion China crushed Vietnam Thursday in straight sets at the women's volleyball tournament on Thursday to open its campaign for the seventh Asian Games title since 1978. The reigning Olympic champion, in desperate need of a victory after a disappointing fifth-place finish at the 2006 World Championship in Japan, fielded a full-strength squad led by captain Feng Kun. The Chinese spiker handed out a volleyball lesson to the Vietnamese peers with devastating spikes and powerful servings, ending the one-sided match 25-18, 25-9 and 25-10 in less than one hour. Chen Zhonghe, China's head coach, was satisfied with his team, but kept a low-key on his expectations at the games. "It's a challenge for China to play weaker teams. So, I asked my players to go all out in this match and they didn't let me down," said Chen. "But at the first set, we had some serving errors, which left a12-12 tie to Vietnam and that's what I hadn't expected," said Chen. "Every match is the key match for us and now, we are concentrating on the preparations for the matches later." In the following match of the day, South Korea rallied from two sets down to upset arch rival Chinese Taipei 3-2, revenging the 2-3 loss to the latter at the World Championship. Due to a slow start and a string of service errors, South Korean, silver medalist of the Busan Asiad, lost the opening two sets 21-25 and 20-25, but came back to life and controlled the rhythm of the match's rest time, pulling it back 25-23, 25-19 and 15-9. "I'm happy with the victory, but I'm not satisfied with my players at the beginning of the match. They moved too slowly," said Kim Myeong Soo, head coach of South Korea. "We should focus on the next match against powerful China now. That is what I care about." Lin Kuang Hung, head coach of Chinese Taipei, blamed the poor physical conditions and excessive serving and receiving errors of his team for the dramatic loss. "The World Championship cost us dear and left little time for the recovery," said Lin. "However, we should learn from the never-give-up spirit of the Koreans." In another two matches of the day, Busan Asiad's bronze medalist Japan powered to a straight-set victory over Mongolia, while Thailand overshadowed Tajikstan 3-0. Nine teams split into two groups to battle for the women's volleyball championship, with China, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Vietnam playing in Group A and Kazakhstan, Japan, Thailand, Tajikistan and Mongolia in Group B. Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei were generally regarded as the major opponents of China at the Asian Games.
China Makes Semis at Asiad Women's Team Table Tennis 2006-12-01 00:59:53 Xinhua World championships runners-up Hong Kong of China have been shown the door after losing 3-1 to Li Jia Wei-led Singapore at the Asian Games women's table tennis team competition on Thursday, while China scrambled a little to reach the semifinals with a 3-1 win over Japan. "Real competition began today," said China head coach Shi Zhihao, referring to the threat to the world champions posed by the Japanese. The 18-year-old Guo Yue overcame a frustrating 4-7 start to tie8-all, before taking it 12-10 on three straight points. She thus came back to her own style, trouncing the "Japanese Babe" 11-6 at the following set. Guo Yue, however, should have made it a short work and finished the fight in straight sets, but Fukuhara, also 18, turned the tables 12-10 after the umpire made a mistake in favor of Guo and the Chinese intentionally gifted "Ai-chan" a point. Another scare occurred to the Chinese sensation before she wrapped up the victory, as Fukuhara saved an astonishing 12 match points before Guo won the fourth set 22-20. "Guo Yue should be more concentrated, especially when taking the upper hand," commented Shi. Chinese veteran Wang Nan won 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 over former Chinese Saki Kanazawa in the first game and Guo Yan beat Fukuoka Haruna 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5 to follow Guo Yue's victory. Former Beijing player Li Jia Wei scored two points in Singapore's 3-1 upset win over Hong Kong, beating Lin Ling and Tie Yana. Sun Bei Bei was Singapore's other winner, trouncing Hong Kong top player Tie in straight sets. Hong Kong's only point came from Lau Sui Fei, who edged Zhang Xue Ling in five sets. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and South Korea also made it to the semifinals, ousting Thailand and India respectively at the Al Arabi Indoor Hall.
China Trounces Qatar 3-0 to Reach Men's Team Semis 2006-12-01 01:07:48 Xinhua Chinese men's table tennis players did not break a sweat to make it to the team semifinals at the Doha Asian Games after beating host Qatar in straight sets on Thursday evening. China bt Qatar 3-0 Ma Lin bt Mohammed Al Saadi 3-0 (11-1, 11-1, 11-4) Chen Qi bt Ahmed Al Mohannadi 3-1 (11-1, 11-6, 4-11, 11-5) Ma Long bt Ahmed Ahmed 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5)
China Reaps Victories in Soccer, Table Tennis 2006-12-01 05:47:42 CRIENGLISH.com Chinese girls enjoy a good beginning in soccer and table tennis on November 30, one day before the 15th Asian Games is officially kicked off in Doha, Qatar. CRI Special: Doha Asian Games 2006 Table Tennis and Badminton Related: Chinese Shuttlers Win Opener at Asian Games In their first preliminary group match, Chinese women footballers trashed their Thai counterparts 7-0, highlighted by striker Han Duan’s hat trick. Center back Yuan Fan also contributed two goals in the easy game. However, China’s victory is eclipsed by Japan, who now heads group A on points and goal difference after their 13–0 destruction of Jordan. In group B, North Korea, another favourite for gold in the women’s football, crushed Vietnam 5-0. In table tennis, China cruised past Japan in the women's team quarter-finals with a 3-0 victory, while Singapore, North and South Korea also qualifying for the next round. In men’s quarterfinals, favourites China faced host Qatar and ran out comfortable winners by 3–0. Chinese Taipei followed China’s example and overwhelmed Vietnam, once again 3–0. The most exciting encounter in the evening was the duel that ebbed and flowed between Hong Kong and Japan – which ended going to five sets and saw Hong Kong get through. In men’s basketball, defending champion South Korea and Qatar both collected easy wins in the opening matches of the second-round competitions. South Korea downed Bahrain 106-80 in the Group A, and host Qatar grabbed a 99-59 victory over Syria in the same group.
Day 2 - 2 December 2006 Golden Games start for China The first day of competition after the Opening Ceremony saw action in 18 different sports with 13 finals in five of them. But the day belonged to China. They won the first gold of the games with Li Jie, Liu Tianyou and Zhu Qinan taking the men’s 10m air rifle team competition. Li Du won the women’s 10m air rifle – but China’s shooting star of the day was double medallist Chen Li, who won individual and team trap gold. China also heaved three weightlifting golds thanks to Li Zheng (men’s 56kg), Wang Mingjuan (women’s 48kg) and Li Ping (women’s 53kg). However, Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Tuan was arguably the day’s star performer, winning his country's first-ever Asian Games weightlifting medal by claiming silver behind Li. China’s artistic gymnasts jumped to it, winning the men’s team final ahead of Japan and Korea. Yang Wei was their star performer. It was also golden day in the pool for China whose swimmers claimed five of the six medals at stake. Pang Jiaying and Yafei Zhou, winners of the women’s 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly finals respectively, were double gold medallists as part of China’s triumphant relay medley team. Japan’s Hindemasa Sano took the men’s 400m individual medley crown. There was joy for Japan’s judokas too. Yasuyuki Muneta retained his men’s +100kg title with Sae Nakazawa winning the women’s -78kg weight crown. It was a disappointing night though for football fans of hosts Qatar, who lost their group A game to Uzbekistan. Elsewhere there were 2-0 wins for Korea, Thailand and Kuwait, while Bahrain beat Bangladesh 5-1. There were emphatic wins on the opening day of women’s hockey tournament. China hammered Hong Kong, China 9-0, Korea beat Chinese Taipei 8-0 and Japan overcame Malaysia 7-0. Some big wins in baseball too. Japan beat pre-tournament favourites Korea 10-7 and Chinese Taipei hammered Thailand 16-0. Chess entered the Asian Games for the first time – and badminton, boxing, kabaddi and sepakatraw also started today. And China’s highly-rated basketball players entered the tournament triumphing over first round qualifiers Kazakhstan. It certainly was an action packed day in Doha – with plenty more to come over the next two weeks.
Team China poses for a picture during the medal ceremony of the women's 4x100m medley relay final Swimming Pool matchday 1 team G/S/B China 5/2/1 Japan 1/4/2 South Korea 0/2/2 Singapore 0/1/1 the competation is manly between Japan and China, we beat them 20-11 in gold in Busan 2002. Wu Peng beat his personal best to take gold - one of five golds medallists in the pool for China
China Wins Women's Air Rifle Team Title 2006-12-02 19:35:57 Xinhua The Chinese team, consisting of Du Li, Zhao Yinghui and Wu Liuxi, shot down the women's air rifle team title of the 15th Asiad with a total of 1,192 points on Saturday. Olympic champion Du Li collected 398 points in the 40-shot qualification round while Zhao Yinghui and Wu Liuxi both shot 397 points. China's Liu Wins Men's 10m Air Rifle Gold in Doha Asiad 2006-12-02 20:35:17 Xinhua China finished 1-2 in the men's 10m air rifle individual final at the Doha Asian Games Saturday afternoon. Liu Tianyou collected 700.8 points for the gold medal, with fellow Chinese and Olympic champion Zhu Qinan taking the silver on 698.3 points. South Korean Yu Jae Chul finished third on 697.9 points. Shooting Matchday 1 Team G/S/B China 6/3/0 South Korea 0/1/2 North Korea 0/1/0 Singapore 0/1/0 India 0/0/2 Kazakhstan 0/0/1 Chinese Taipei 0/0/1