Africa-born stars sweep Bahrain to top of Asian

Bahrain's Kalkidan Befkadu celebrates winning the final of the women's 1500m athletics event during the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on August 30, 2018. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)

The tiny Gulf kingdom of Bahrain finished joint-top of the Asian Games athletics table with 12 golds -- but not everyone is rushing to congratulate them.

That is because not a single track win at Asia’s regional Olympics would have been achieved without “naturalised” athletes who were born in Africa.