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| Road to London 2012! | | | | Handball |
| Archery | | | | Did you know- By 1992,the South Korean squad |
| Did you know- The Kingdom of Bhutan, slightly larger | | | | became the first female team to take two |
| than Switzerland, sent three sportswomen - who | | | | consecutive Olympic handball gold medals. At the |
| competed in archery- to the Olympics in Los Angeles, | | | | 1988 Olympiad in Seoul (South Korea), the local team |
| California,USA, in 1984. However, none of them were | | | | provided the biggest upset of the Games when it |
| able to qualify for the second round. Enormously | | | | defeated Norway 23-20 and won the Women's |
| popular in Bhutan, archery is an Olympic sport since | | | | Handball Tournament. |
| the 1900s. | | | | Shooting |
| Athletics | | | | Did you know- Azerbaijan's athlete Zemfira |
| Did you know- On March 14, 1968, in Phnom Penh, | | | | Meftakhetdinova placed first in skeet shooting in the |
| Cambodia's capital, sprinter Meas Kheng set a new | | | | Summer Olympics in Sydney (Australia) in 2000; the |
| Cambodian record of 12.0 seconds in the women's | | | | first national athlete to claim gold at the prestigious |
| 100m. Between 1968 and 1972, Miss Kheng was one | | | | event. |
| of the most respected athletes -male or female-- in | | | | Softball |
| the Asian nation, which boasted one of the worst | | | | Did you know- The People's Republic of China came |
| Olympic systems in the world, probably worse than | | | | in second place in women's softball at the Atlanta |
| Afghanistan. | | | | Olympics in the mid-1990s.Subsequently,the team |
| Basketball | | | | from Japan took the silver medal in the 27th Olympic |
| Did you know- Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of | | | | Games, behind the United States (gold). Four years |
| Malaysia, hosted the Women's Basketball World | | | | later, at the 2004 Athens Games, Japan's Yukiko |
| Championship in the early 1990s. | | | | Ueno was one of the world's best players. |
| Field Hockey | | | | Swimming |
| Did you know- At the 1982 Asian Games in New | | | | Did you know- Between 1954 and 1962, Haydee |
| Delhi (India), in spite of the skepticism of | | | | Coloso-Espino (The Philippines) picked up a total of 10 |
| sportswriters, the host country's team - traditionally | | | | medals -three gold, five silver, two bronze-- in the |
| the powerhouse in men's hockey-- won the Women's | | | | Asian Games. At that time, she was a national |
| Asian Hockey Tournament. In fact, they was not | | | | celebrity in Manila, the capital city of The Philippines. |
| favorites to win the continental title. Why? A year | | | | Volleyball |
| ago, the women's field hockey squad of India failed | | | | Did you know- By November 1977, the Second |
| to compete for the World Cup. Field hockey is one | | | | World Cup was held in Tokyo (Japan). During that |
| of the most popular sports in India, the world's | | | | international event, the host country's team -Olympic |
| biggest democracy. | | | | champion in Montreal '76 -- won the gold medal, |
| Football | | | | improving on a second-place finish in the First World |
| Did you know- The People's Republic of China hosted | | | | Tournament in Montevideo (Uruguay) in 1973. |
| the Women's Football World Tournament in the early | | | | Meanwhile, the team from South Korea came in third |
| 1990s. Later on, by 1999, the Chinese squad was | | | | place. |