Silver medallist Phoxay Aphailath (L) from Laos and gold medallist Li Teng from China pose at the 15th Asian Games in Doha December 14, 2006. Aphailath missed out on the chance of winning his country's first-ever Asian Games gold medal after pulling out of the men's under-56kg sanshou final of the wushu event on Thursday through injury. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (QATAR)
A judge declares China's Li Teng the winner after Laos' Phoxay Aphailath was absent from the men's under-56kg sanshou final of the wushu event at the 15th Asian Games in Doha December 14, 2006. Aphailath was unable to fight after sustaining an injury during his semi-final victory. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (QATAR)
Laos would have also suffered a similar feeling of having no medal had it not been for Phoxay Aphailath who picked up a wushu silver on the penultimate day.
It could have been better had injury not forced the 21-year-old to withdraw from his final against China’s Li Teng.
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