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...Bountiful as Athens has proved, this month's Games are a mere dress rehearsal for the triumphant display that China hopes to produce at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The nation's sports czars caution that this year China might not match the 28 golds it collected in Sydney, largely because some of its veteran athletes were left home in favor of up-and-coming talent. More than 80% of China's current Olympians are first-timers, and their average age is just 23. China is looking to these rookies to use their Athens experience to thrash the rest...
...seem overly concerned with the Chinese mishaps in the Athens gymnastics hall. After all, there was lots else to cheer, not least the clean performances of China's weight lifters?in contrast to athletes from seven other nations who had to pull out of the chronically drug-plagued sport because of failed doping tests. Olympic fever diverted Shanghai's residents from the oppressive heat blanketing the city, and plenty of bars cranked their air-cons and stayed open all night so that sports fans could catch every second of live action in Athens. With hundreds of millions of Chinese tuning...
...gold in the 200-m backstroke. Equally impressive, in the men's team-gymnastics final, the Japanese, whose spiky 'dos made them look as if they were sponsored by a hair-gel company, flipped past favorites China, Romania and the U.S. for a surprise win. And in judo?a sport that Japan invented and is always expected to dominate? Japanese fighters grappled their way to eight golds and two silvers, the country's best Olympic result ever...
...QUESTIONS: NBC sportscaster Bob Costas on his Greek roots and his favorite Olympic sport...
...from Olympic outcast, with just five golds in 1988, to a powerhouse, with 28 in the 2000 Games. China's athletic czars have promised that 2008, when Beijing is host, will bring the nation an unprecedented medal trove. To better its chances, China has poured money into lesser-known sports like shooting that offer a bounty of medals. "If we plan very carefully, we could surpass Russia by 2008," boasts Wei Hongquan, a publicity official with China's State General Administration of Sport...