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| Kong Linghui Leads Nation's Top 10 Athletes |
China's Top 10 Athletes Selection for 2000 was unveiled in Beijing
April 8. All the selected are Olympic champions. They won the honor
with their outstanding performances at the Sydney Olympiad.
The selection result is: Table tennis champion Kong Linghui won
418762 votes, standing out the ace in the selection. Following Kong
are Liu Xuan (gymnastics), Xiong Ni (diving), Wang Nan (table tennis),
Fu Mingxia (diving), Li Xiaopeng (gymnastics), Zhan Xugang (weightlifting),
Wang Liping (track and field), Tao Luna (shooting) and Gong Zhichao
(badminton). Unfortunately, no one in the events of football, basketball
and volleyball was selected due to bad performance in Sydney.
The selection is so far the 22nd. China won 28 golds, the most
in number at the last year's Sydney Olympic Games. But this has
presented some difficulties in the selection with the candidates
increased to as many as 56. Statistics show that the selection received
more than 800,000 ballots from the country's 31 provinces, autonomous
regions and cities.
(People's Daily 04/09)
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