Eighty-eight Malagasy athletes will be sent to China for five months of training this year, Malagasy sports minister said on Friday. “Eighty-eight Malagasy athletes in five disciplines will be selected by Chinese experts and Malagasy technicians and will leave this year for five months of training in China,” Madagascar’s minister of sports Anicet Andriamosarisoa said during the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese ambassador to Madagascar Yang Xiaorong.