Diamonds are for records at the Guangzhou Asian Games

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Wed, Aug 11 02:58 PM

Enlarge PhotoA worker (C) talks on a cellphone at the construction site of the venue for... Hong Kong athletes will receive a diamond worth 100,000 yuan ($14,770) if they break a world record at November's Asian Games in neighbouring Guangzhou.

Breaking an Asian record at the Games would earn the athlete a diamond worth 50,000 yuan from a local sponsor, according to a report on the Chinanews service on Wednesday.

At the last Asian Games in Doha four years ago, the only world marks set were in weightlifting and shooting, while a majority of continental records remained intact.

($1 = 6.772 yuan)

(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney and Liu Zhen; Editing by John O'Brien; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)





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