Malaysia At The 2006 Asian Games
Malaysia participated in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. The country is represented by 244 athletes competing in 23 of the 39 sports provided. Among the popular sports to look out for are aquatics, athletics, badminton, bodybuilding, bowling, cycling, hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, kabaddi, karate-do, sepak takraw, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, weightlifting and wushu.
Despite preparing to fire on all cylinders at the Doha Asian Games and targeting for gold medals from "Olympic" sports such as badminton, hockey and swimming, Malaysia's bulk of medals might come from "non-Olympic" sports.
A gold medal each is expected to come from the tenpin bowling, karate, squash, wushu and sepak takraw squads.
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