Medals don't matter to the Maldives

Their swimmers train in the Indian Ocean and their women's soccer and handball teams haven't managed a goal between them at the Asian Games, but the Maldives says it does not care about success - yet.

Getting 142 athletes from the poor islands, best known as a honeymoon paradise, to the Games in Incheon, South Korea, has already been an achievement, according to team leaders.

And a Muslim nation insisting that at least a third of the team should be women has also raised eyebrows among fellow Islamic states.