East Asian Games
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:43 am
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Pole Vault provides Chinese duel too
Expect a lot of thrills too in the women's Pole Vault even if the competition mainly involves the Chinese. Shuying Gao, who recently won the Asian Championships with a 4.53 Asian record clearance after her fifth- place finish at the World Championships, will start as the favourite. This is despite the fact that she lost to 19-year-old Zhao Yingying at the Chinese National Games. With Zhao also present in Macau, the question is: Will Gao come back hungrier than ever now that she has tasted her first defeat in a while at the Asian level? Or will Zhao be more motivated than ever to break the Asian junior record (4.50m) which she equalled in Nanjing - and beat Gao again, this time in Macau?
Pole Vault provides Chinese duel too
Expect a lot of thrills too in the women's Pole Vault even if the competition mainly involves the Chinese. Shuying Gao, who recently won the Asian Championships with a 4.53 Asian record clearance after her fifth- place finish at the World Championships, will start as the favourite. This is despite the fact that she lost to 19-year-old Zhao Yingying at the Chinese National Games. With Zhao also present in Macau, the question is: Will Gao come back hungrier than ever now that she has tasted her first defeat in a while at the Asian level? Or will Zhao be more motivated than ever to break the Asian junior record (4.50m) which she equalled in Nanjing - and beat Gao again, this time in Macau?
