Crazy for Gold.

Tytuł:: Crazy for Gold.
Autorzy:: Beech, Hannah
Temat:: OLYMPIC Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China)
OLYMPIC athletes
PRIDE & vanity
PHYSICAL education
Źródło:: Time International (Canada Edition). 6/23/2008, Vol. 171 Issue 25, p36-43. 8p. 8 Color Photographs.
Terminy geograficzne:: BEIJING (China)
CHINA
: Periodyk

The article focuses on the training of Chinese Olympic athletes at state-run sports schools in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The article explores China's national pride hinging on the success of its sports system, which has spent nearly $20 billion on Olympics-related preparations. Prior steroid use by Chinese athletes is discussed and the extent to which the government has gone to create gold-medalists.

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