China’s sprint to sporting gold – BBC News

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Chinese Olympics machine has started spinning again. Training ground now: Sydney. From BBC News (photo: Chinese young athletes are gaining experience in Sydney, via bbc.co.uk):

The Chinese sporting juggernaut has thundered into Sydney.

It is a 300-strong team of elite young athletes to compete in the biennial Youth Olympics, a five-day festival featuring 16 different sports.

Chinese officials view this as an important training ground ahead of the Beijing games, and another step towards becoming a sporting super-state.

“In sporting terms, actually, we’re all at war against China,” said Simon Clegg, the chief executive of the British Olympic Association, ahead of the youth Olympics. [Full Text]

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