China have won a big number of gold medals by far which is good, but not all of their "quality" is that satisfactory, said Chinese sports officials in Doha on Saturday at the Doha Asian Games.
"We have many gold medals by far, but most of them were captured in competition far below the world top level," said Duan Shijie, deputy chef de mission of the Chinese delegation here.
"We have gold medals of good quality but many of them are not," agreed another deputy chef de mission, Cui Dalin.
By far, China have bagged 99 golds, 55 silvers and 27 bronzes to be ranked top of the medals tally with 181, leaving Japan in a distant second with 31 golds, 38 silvers and 46 bronzes.
"We had a few good results of world class in weightlifting, shooting, swimming, and track and field, but for most events, there is a big gap between us and the world level," said Duan.
Chen Yanqing set three world records in snatch, jerk as well as total result in women's 58kg category while Mu Shuangshuang surpassed the previous world mark in snatch in women's over 75kg weightlifting event.
Wu Peng brought Chinese swimming a gold in men's 200m butterfly in one minute 54.91 seconds, which should be the second fastest time in the world this year.
"Their achievements impressed me but the athletes should be aware of the fact that Asian Games are not the same as Olympic Games. In the Olympics, they will be faced with more pressure, stronger opponents and fiercer competition," said Duan.
"I think they should be tempered by more high-level competition before standing the test of an Olympics," he said.
China took 16 golds in swimming in the 15th Asian Games while in Athens Olympic Games, China only had one title in swimming by Luo Xuejuan in women's 100m breaststroke.
By far, the biggest delegation of over 900 had five gold medals in track and field and five in rowing but in Athens there were only two in track and field through world record holder Liu Xiang in 110m hurdles and 10,000m runner Xing Huina and one in rowing.