He is a Chinese hurdling athlete and Olympic gold medalist who holds the present world record in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 12.88 seconds. He is also the world junior indoor record holder in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 7.55 seconds. Besides a longer race he also set the world junior indoor record in the 50 meter hurdles with a time of 6.52 seconds. These records are not officially recognized by the IAAF (国际业余田径联合会).
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He is a popular professional Chinese basketball player. He plays center for the Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association at present. He is the 4th tallest player in NBA basketball history at a height of 2.30 m. He played well in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.
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She was born in Beijing in 1981. She was ranked No. 1 in the International Table Tennis Federation rankings in 2005, in both women's singles and women's doubles. She took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won gold medals in both singles and doubles with her partner.
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He is the most popular Chinese diving prince and Olympic champion. He has won two Olympic golds, three world titles and 15 World Cups in his career, but he took part in too many commercial (商业的) and social activities after the Athens Games in August, 2004.
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She is from Zhejiang Province. She won the women's 50 and 100 meter breaststroke events at both 2001 and 2003 world championships. She got the 50m title at the Athens Olympics in 2004, which was China's first Olympic swimming gold in eight years.