The Chinese women's table tennis team won't repeat Busan
mistakes in the Doha Asian Games, head coach Shi Zhihao said on
Sunday after a training session at the Al Arabi Indoor Hall.
"The Busan failure still hurts, but we should look forward,"
said Shi, referring to the disappointing results of Chinese women
players who lost the team and doubles gold medals four years ago in
South Korea.
"Our top priority has been to build a better team for the Asian
Games," added Shi, a former men's team coach who had just concluded
his first year as the women's head coach.
Shi deemed the table tennis competition at Asian Games as even
more heated than international events since most of the world top
paddlers are from Asia. But he showed confidence and determination
whatsoever.
"The Chinese women's team is teemed with top players and we are
determined to bag more gold medals than what we did four years
ago."
(Xinhua News Agency?November 27, 2006)