INCHEON Comprar Hombre Nike VaporMax Country ID Kenya Blancas Verdes , South Korea, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The boxing competition of the Asian Games were marred by more controversial decisions on Wednesday as an Indian boxer refused to accept her bronze medal in a protest against an earlier decision.
A day after India's protest against the outcome of Sarita Devi's semifinal against South Korea's Park Ji-Na was rejected, Devi burst into tears as she walked to the podium on Wednesday and refused to receive the bronze medal. She then tried to hang it around the neck of Park, who lost to China's Yin Junhua in Wednesday's final in a 2-0 decision.
Meanwhile, China's Li Qian contentiously lost a decision against DPR Korean boxer Jang Un-hui in the women's 75kg final.
"It was obvious that Li had the upper hand throughout the bout. Li gave the DPR Korean boxer several heavy punches. We can't accept the decision Comprar Hombre Nike Vapormax Marina Negras 849558-400 ," complained Chinese team official Cui Fuguo.
China filed a protest immediately after the match but was rejected.
In the other bout of the day, Indian Mary Kom won her first Asian Games gold following a victory over Kazakhstan's Zhaina Shekerbekova in the final of the 51kg category.
Australia has welcomed the idea of possibly competing at the Asian Games after Asian Olympic officials agreed to let Oceania nations join them in smaller multi-sport events.
While there are no firm plans as yet to allow Oceanic countries to compete at the main Asian Games, which are second in size only to the Olympic Games, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has now opened the door.
The OCA general assembly, meeting on the sidelines of the 17th Asian Games in South Korea Comprar Hombre Nike VaporMax Grises Blancas 849558-004 , voted over the weekend to allow Oceanic countries to compete at the next Asian Indoor Games, to be held in 2017.
The OCA president, Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, said the two regions were taking things slowly but the OCA had not ruled out the prospect of allowing Oceanic nations to compete at bigger multi-sport events in Asia in the future.
The news was welcomed in Australia, which has long entertained the idea of forging closer ties with Asia to expose their athletes to stiffer competition from the likes of China Comprar Hombre Nike VaporMax Negras Anthracite , Japan and South Korea. Australia sent a team to the 2001 East Asian Games in Osaka and in 2006, Australia's national soccer body left Oceania to join the Asian Football Confederation, a move that has helped trigger unprecedented success and interest in the game down under.
Australia qualified for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups and will host the 2015 Asian Cup and the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said the country was open to participating in other events.
While Oceania's participation in the summer Asian Games is likely to be years away, Sheikh Ahmad said OCA's next step might be to invite the region to compete at the Asian Winter Games.
Australia has been investing heavily in their winter sports program, and has won medals at each of the last six Winter Games Comprar Nike VaporMax Flyknit Negras , including two silvers and a bronze in Sochi earlier this year. But Australians rarely get to compete in big regional championships because there is no major winter games event for Oceania or Commonwealth nations.
(Agencies)
GABORONE, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Botswana will have what is arguably its strongest ever team to compete at the 2017 IAAF World Championships to kick off in London early August.
Having only won one medal in the history of the championships, Botswana has its prospects look brighter than ever after it has in recent years emerged as a powerhouse in the middle distance sprint events, especially the 400m.
The team, made up of 12 athletes Comprar Nike VaporMax Off-White , left the country last week for a training camp in Cardiff to help them acclimatize before the championships starts on August 4th.
In an interview with Xinhua this week, Botswana athletics team coach Justice Dipeba said he was very optimistic of bringing some medals from the championships, as the preparations of the team went on well and the athletes had their peak form at the right time just prior to the championships.
The most medal hopeful is 400m and 200m sprinter Isaac Makwala who looks to be in a rich vein of form just in time for the championships, said Dipeba.
The 30-year-old former African record holder has the second leading time of the year, only behind world record holder Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa.
He recently became the first athlete to do a sub-45sec and sub-20sec in the 400m and 200m respectively in a meet in Madrid Comprar Nike VaporMax CS , Spain. And he will compete in both events in London as well as the 400m relay.
Botswana also pins hope on 2012 London Olympic 800m silver medallist Nijel Amos. The 23-year-old has had mixed fortunes following his burst to glory as an 18-year-old five years ago. He was knocked out of the heats at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Yet, he seemed to have rediscovered his form ever since relocating to the Unites States this year, having won three consecutive races in the IAAF Diamond League leading to the championships.
With his major opponent, Kenyan two-time Olympic winner and world record holder David Rudisha still to reach peak form this year, Amos looks set to win a medal at the stadium where he made history in 2012.
Botswana's 400m men's relay team Comprar Nike VaporMax Grises , the silver medallists at the Relays Worlds earlier this year, will also be gunning for glory at the championships. The team was narrowly beaten by the USA for gold in the Bahamas and will be up to earn their glory in London.
Botswana's two other 400m runners Baboloki Thebe and Karabo Sibanda are also potential finalists. Thebe currently leads the IAAF Diamond League standings, while Sibanda, the Rio Olympic finalist, has just returned from an injury sustained earlier this season and has been steadily returning to good form.
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