SANTIAGO， April 26 (Xinhua) -- Chilean ace discus thrower Karen Gallardo believed her country will have more athletes qualifying for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games and hopefully score a better result.
Gallardo is one of the 35 Chilean athletes who have already qualified for Rio 2016. This is the same number of athletes that went to London in 2012.
Given the time that still remains before the world sporting event， it is probable that Chile will achieve its first aim: increasing the number of participating athletes.
Far from the glory days of former national tennis stars Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez， who managed to win two gold medals and a bronze in Athens 2004， the medal count has been evasive in Chilean sport recently as they came back from London 2012 empty-handed.
"We still have time for some more athletes to qualify and for that reason， we are hoping that Chile will be able to increase the number of participating athletes compared to London (2012)，" the national champion told Xinhua.
"It is true that we are also hoping for medals. The vast majority of athletes want to improve on their past results. We have some athletes that have (previously) reached the finals and they are facing another kind of pressure， getting podium finishes，" added Gallardo.
Gallardo has her sights set on this year's Olympic Games which she qualified for by throwing the discus 61.1 meters in the Castellon International Tournament， Spain， in August， 2015.
With this distance， Gallardo broke the national record that she set in 2011 (60.48 meters).
"Truthfully， I want to improve on what I did in London， where I came in 20th by throwing 60.09 meters. The idea is to improve both the position and the distance，" said the Chilean.
In South America as a whole， Gallardo has been ranked in fourth place behind two Brazilians and an Argentinian.
A current criticism has been the government's low financial support for sports in Chile. However， Gallardo has another opinion.
"It is true there are other countries where (financial) support is higher and that it (the Chilean government) should increase its support but I think that (financial) support has increased. What is happening is that now there are more elite athletes and for that reason funding has to be spread thinner，" said Gallardo.
The athlete supports herself with a grant from the United States， supports from brand sponsors and a part-time job.
Gallardo trains other paralympic colleagues in the same stadium so that she doesn't have to move around much. However， her concerns stretch to the union.
"I am the representative for the High Performance Athletes (DAR)， a group (union) that looks out for their (athletes') interests，" said Gallardo.
Sports in Chile "have improved greatly， there is more support from the government and private companies and they (Chilean athletes) have managed to qualify in sports they never have before，" said Gallardo.
Gallardo is an example of this. She was the first female Chilean discus-thrower ever to compete in an Olympic Games.
HANGZHOU Cheap Washington Nationals T-Shirts , Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's meat processors are angry at a report from a WHO research institute which said bacon, sausages and other processed meats are carcinogenic.
Media said the report was made by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Liu Jintao, vice marketing manager of Shuanghui, China's largest pork producer, said the IARC report was "deeply regrettable."
"The report, though claiming to be published for human health, is in fact inhumane," he said.
He said air, water, and meat are essential for humans and their side effects should not be exaggerated.
"Meat processing technology is part of human civilization and it shall not been destroyed by being labeled 'carcinogenic'," he said.
According to the report, processed meats -- such as sausages, bacon, and other cured meats -- were a Group 1 carcinogen because of their links to bowel cancer. Red meats, such as beef and lamb, were placed in Group 2A as "probably carcinogenic to humans."
From January to June this year, Shuanghui sold 753,000 tonnes of processed meat and posted 20.3 billion yuan (about 3.2 billion U.S. dollars) in total revenue. In 2013, Shuanghui purchased its U.S. counterpart Smithfield Foods, making it China's largest acquisition in the food industry.
The report, though opposed by meat traders, has caused the public concern.
"Although no orders have been called off, many customers called us to inquire about meat safety and sales after the IARC report was published Monday," said Ma Xiaozhong, head of Jinhua Ham Industry Association.
Jinhua City in east China's Zhejiang Province, dubbed the hometown of Chinese ham, has a ham history of more than 2,000 years.
Ma said that Chinese have been more and more aware of their diet in recent years, with some choosing to avoid pickled food.
He said in traditional ham making, only salt was added to meat. However, to enhance the quality, in modern meat processing, nitrite is also added for corrosion prevention.
Ma believed that the IARC's warning should just be taken as a tip to increase nutrition awareness.
Zhong Kai, a renowned Chinese food safety expert, said on Tuesday that the per-capita Chinese township population's daily meat consumption averaged 50 to 100 grams, compared with 200 grams in the U.S.
However, meat demand in China has the potential to increase over the next decade.
The increase in meat consumption in China over the years has been put down to the rising affluent class, and Chinese meat processors have responded by beefing up production.
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