DOHA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Following are some useful
facts and figures relating to the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 soft tennis
competition:
1994 -- Year that soft tennis made its debut at the
12th Asian Games, Hiroshima, 1994.
100 -- Per cent of the gold medals available at the
14th Busan Games that South Korea won.
70 -- The height in centimeter a soft tennis ball has
to bounce (no more than 80cm) when dropped from 1.5m, to be deemed ready
forplay.
30 -- Grammes, the minimum a soft tennis ball has to
weigh, though not more than 31g.
23.77 -- The length of a soft tennis court in meters.
21 -- Medals won by South Korea at the Asian Games
since Hiroshima 1994, more medals than any other National Olympic Committee
(NOC).
13 -- Medals won by Chinese Taipei, South Korea's
closest rivalin terms of total medals won.
12.08 -- Meters between the two net posts.
12 -- Gold medals won by South Korea, the sport's
most successful Asian Games NOC.
10.97 -- The width of a soft tennis doubles court in
meters.
8.23 -- The width of a soft tennis singles court in
meters.
8 -- Years since an NOC other than South Korea has
won a gold medal. Chinese Taipei claimed gold in the men's doubles at
Bangkok1998.
7 -- Events in soft tennis at Doha.
6.6 -- Centimeters, the diameter of a soft tennis
ball.
5 -- Gold medals won by men's player You Young Dong,
South Korea,the most golds won by a single athlete in Asian Games.
4 -- Medals, two gold and two bronze, won by Park
Young-Hee, South Korea, the most Asian Games medals won by a woman.
3 -- Gold medals won by Kang Ji-Sook and Kim
Seo-Woon, both from South Korea, the most Asian Games golds won by women.
2 -- NOCs, other than South Korea, who have won gold
medals at the Asian Games: Chinese Taipei and Japan.
1 -- Asian Games edition that the mixed doubles and
singles have been contested. They both made their debuts at Busan 2002.
0 -- The number of medals won by an NOC, other than
South Korea,Japan, Chinese Taipei and China, at an Asian Games.
