India, China to share training expertise (Agencies) Updated: 2005-07-03 09:13 India and China agreed to
share expertise in training athletes and detecting doping in sports.
Liu Peng, China's minister of sports, signed the agreements with the Indian
government and the Indian Olympics Association on Friday.
Indian and Chinese athletes and coaches will train in each other's country,
and China will share its advances in uncovering use of illegal
performance-enhancing drugs, the two sides announced at a news conference in New
Delhi.
"We share a time-honored friendship which has been enhanced by cultural
exchanges," said Liu, who also leads the Chinese Olympics Committee. "In the
field of sports, the memorandum of understanding will take the association to a
new high."
India is host of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. IOA president
Suresh Kalmadi said India wants to draw on China's experience as host of the
2008 Olympics in Beijing.
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