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Catch Me If You Can, Says the Chinese Gymnastics Association (Update 1)

March 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Government, Gymnastics, Sports, Sportsmanship

Five golds, two silvers and four bronzes – the performance of Chinese athletes at the Vancouver Games has been nothing but outstanding during the celebration of Chinese New Year. But back home, sports officials in Beijing are fumbling, as a bronze medal the Chinese gymnastic team won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics could be stripped [...]

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Does She Look 17?

September 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Gymnastics

From Xinhua: Deng Linlin from Anhui won the gold medal at the women’s gymnastics individual all-around finals at China’s 11th National Games on Saturday. Deng, listed as “born on April 21, 1992,” played last year at the Beijing Games and won Team All-around Champion along with He Kexin, Li Shanshan and three other gymnasts.

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Top 10 Chinese Sports News in 2008

December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Business, Government, Sports Regime

2008 is by all means an extraordinary year for China’s sports. Not merely because this country won so many golds in the Beijing Games, there’re actually so much more interesting things beyond that if we comb back closely, either about its sports administration and regime, or simply the government itself.  1. Juguo Rules the Games  [...]

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CBA Players And Myth About The Ages Of Chinese Women Gymnasts

November 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Basketball, Football, Gymnastics, Sportsmanship

We stumbled upon a fascinating post today on Asia Basket. Arthur Volbert, a US-based basketball writer who’s been closely following Chinese basketball, found that ages of 22 CBA players have been changed at the start of season 2008/2009. Below are some excerpts: For Jiangsu, Tang Zhengdong went from being born in 1984 to 1982, confirming [...]

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