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China wants gold in Asian Games and in 2008

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Members of China's national badminton team arrive at the Athletes Village for the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006.

Nov. 29 - China is unlikely to relinquish¹ its 24-year grip on the top of the Asian Games medals table despite using Doha to give their younger athletes big-event experience ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

With 110-meter hurdles² world-record holder³ Liu Xiang leading the way, no one will be surprised if China's 647-member Doha delegation⁴ improve on the 150 gold medals the country won at the Pusan Games in South Korea in 2002.

The huge investment in athletes for Beijing 2008 has produced a great depth of talent in Olympic sports and the relentless⁵ pursuit of gold is ingrained in China's sports system.

"There is no excuse not to win a gold medal at the Asian Games," Tom Maher, head coach of the defending champions women's basketball team, told a news conference earlier this month.

Around two-thirds of the delegation has no experience of top-level international competition and big names such as Athens Olympic champions Xing Huina (10,000m) and swimmer Luo Xuejuan (100 breaststroke) are absent.

There are, however, plenty of world-class performers and China's gymnasts, swimmers, divers⁶ and shooters will be trying to reproduce the dominance they achieved in 2002.

Cheng Fei and Yang Wei, both triple world champions, are part of a gymnastics squad⁷ that features all but one of the team that won eight gold medals at the world championships in Aarhus, Denmark, last month.

"We are competing for the gold medals in all the 14 events. At the Pusan Games we won 12. We can't do less than that," said head coach Huang Yubin.

Ma Lin, the men's world No. 2 is in a table tennis squad that won three golds at Pusan, despite the absence of Wang Liqin.

The Chinese men drew a blank in the badminton in Pusan but it has world champion Lin Dan in its squad.

A lot of the focus in China will be on how the men's basketball and soccer teams fare.

Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets center was given permission to skip the Games, so Wang Zhizhi, a former NBA player, leads a team including teenage prospect⁸ Yi Jianlian, who will carry the flag at the opening ceremony on Friday.

Serbian Ratomir Dujkovic has his first chance to impress with the soccer team he took over last month.

"The foreign coach needs some time to acclimatize as well as the footballers. We just hope they do their best," Xiao Tian, vice-chief of the Games delegation, said.

"We want to train our youngsters for the Olympics," Cui Dalin, secretary-general of the delegation told a news conference earlier this month. "But we also care about the non-Olympic sports.

"We are not good at those events, except wushu, but we are sending our best athletes, like snooker player Ding Junhui and our top wushu teams."

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收听单词发音

1 relinquish
v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手
参考例句：
He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。 They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。

2 hurdles
n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛
参考例句：
In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。来自《简明英汉词典》 There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。来自辞典例句

3 holder
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。 That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

4 delegation
n.代表团；派遣
参考例句：
The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。 We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

5 relentless
adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的
参考例句：
The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。 Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

6 divers
adj.不同的；种种的
参考例句：
He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。 Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

7 squad
n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组
参考例句：
The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。 A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

8 prospect
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
参考例句：
This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。 The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

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