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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > Olympic Games 2004 > Olympics: Asian countries, barring India, make a big splash 22.53 IST 25th Aug 2004 By IndiaExpress Bureau 
Even as the Indian Olympic campaign never quite took off in Athens, a handful of other Asian countries, including Thailand, Indonesia and United Arab Emirates, have secured at least one title each with continental powerhouse China giving the world's leading sports nation USA a run for their money.China were, in fact, leading the gold medal race till the athletics events commenced and at the end of the 11th day of the Games were strongly placed to take the number two position behind the US with a tally of 24-15-12, slightly above their pre-Games expectation of 20 yellow metals. The Asian giants, however, were yet to crack open the gold medal chest in the blue riband discipline, athletics, but in ten other events they have climbed the topmost perch on the podium with weightlifting providing the Chinese their biggest bonanza. The Chinese had picked up a tally of 28 gold at Sydney four years ago and are already looking well set to better that tally with five more days left for the Games to come to a close. While China were expected to do very well and at least finish among the top three, Japan have been the real surprise pack from the continent this time around. The Japanese had a pretty unimpressive show in the 2000 Games, with a tally of 5-8-5 for a 14th place finish. However, they have learnt lessons from that poor show four years later, indicated by their medal haul of 15-8-9. It has given them the third spot till date, going into the final stretch of the extravaganza. in-depth coverage > Olympic Games 2004 > |
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