My technique is also a lot better.”Though Liu Shiying, the Asian record-holder with 66.47m, is not entered for the 22nd Asians which begin here on Thursday, there is another Chinese Li Lingwei who is the next best Asian this season with 64.10m. In fact, he feels that these Asians could be much better than the championships’ last edition in Wuhan two years ago. “We are expecting 17 medals this time and we will be getting more golds than Wuhan where we got four golds,” said Radhakrishnan. And then, we have two 4x400m relays.”Well, with many of Asia’s best absent, Bhubaneswar could turn out to be India’s best Asians. And with these championships, where golds come with World Championships berths in individual events, the host athletes appear an inspired lot.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2017 16:18 UTC