Doha Games - Everyone knew China would dominate the Doha Asian Games, but few knew they could do in such an extreme way. They swept 16 out of 20 gold medals on offer on the first day's official competition on Saturday, getting off to flying start towards its seventh consecutive feat of topping the medal tally since 1982.
apan took three golds, including two from their traditional territory of judo and one from the swimming pool. Judokas Sae Nakazawa won the women's 78kg class while Muneta clinched men's over 100kg title. Their other gold medal was from swimmer Sano Hidemasa in the men's 400m individual medley.
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on 2006-12-03 by aoartna