Busan base camp for Olympics

From: China Daily | Date: September 28, 2002| Author: YILEI, China Daily staff | Copyright information

BUSAN: Busan Asiad is likely to be the battle field for future Olympians as two of Asia's sporting giant trio, China and Japan, have both sent their Olympic hopefuls to gain experience at Asia's top- level comprehensive tournament.

And the two sides are doing their best to gain an upper hand in the competitions, with the hope of giving their athletes a psychological advantage in future meets.

China dispatched an unprecedentedly large Asiad delegation with 948 members, of which 68...

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