China not confident it will win Asiad-2011 - Zhao Yinggang
15:37, 30 January 2011
ASTANA. January 30. KAZINFORM /Gulnara Zhandagulova/ Secretary General of China's National Olympic Committee Zhao Yinggang is not confident in victory of his team at the 7th Asian Winter Games.
"129 Chinese sportsmen are going to perform at the Games, but not in all sports. We are not confident that our team will win the Asiad", Zhao Yinggang said. For example, as he added, he did not expect much from performance of his sportsmen in ski orienteering.
According to Zhao Yinggang, more than half of the Chinese sportsmen who have arrived in Kazakhstan are young. "44 out of our 129 sportsmen only participated in the Olympic Games in Vancouver. The average age of the Chinese athletes is 24", he said.