Chef de mission of the Malaysian delegation Dato' A. Sani Karim said here
on Tuesday that his country expects to win eight gold medals at the upcoming
Asian Games to be held here from Dec. 1-15.
"We expect that we will get at least five gold medals and eight at most,"
Karim told Xinhua after the delegation held a flag-raising ceremony Tuesday
afternoon at the athletes' village.
The chef de mission said his country's athletes have the potential to get
gold medals at the events of squash, bowling, Karate, Wushu and sailing.
Malaysia has a 231-athlete team for the Doha Games to compete in 23 sports.
Earlier reports have said that the southeastern Asian country may get eight
to nine gold medals.
In 2002, Malaysia ranked 12th at the 14th Asian Games in Busan,South Korea,
with six gold medals, eight silvers and 16 bronzes.
