Sunday, August 3, 2008

Sports schools breed elite athletes in Shanghai

The tale of the tape measure: Based on their body types:

For millions of Olympic hopefuls in China, the path to a gold medal begins with institutions such as Zhabei District Children's Sports School in Shanghai: a school of 700 K-12 students with state of the art sports facilities.

Four students from the Zhabei school will compete this month in swimming, table tennis and volleyball.

Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao, a native of Shanghai on August 3, 2008 at 8.55 p.m.

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