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Africans in Asia debate: 'Training, not birthplace, helps win medals'

Africans in Asia debate: 'Training, not birthplace, helps win medals'

Rediff.com1 Oct 2014

Ethiopian-born Maryam Yusuf Jamal thanked Bahrain for giving her the chance to earn a living from athletics on Wednesday and told Reuters that her Asian Games 1,500 metres gold medal was down to intensive training, not which country she originated from.

In Pix: Asia's golden age of sport

In Pix: Asia's golden age of sport

Rediff.com4 Oct 2014

The 17th Asian Games came to a close on Saturday, bringing an end to two weeks of intense competition, drama and controversy that shone a light on the best and worst of a region that will host the world's biggest events for the next decade.