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The Beijing Olympic games
Jean Auriac
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Abstract
August 2008Faster, higher and stronger. The Chinese society has completely taken to Coubertin’s motto. Far from the days of Peyrefitte’s Immobile Empire! Liu Xiang, the people’s hero, winner of the 110m hurdles at the last Athens Olympic Games and the first Chinese gold medallist in athletics, symbolises the success of sports in this country. Within twenty years, from winning five gold medals in Seoul in 1988, China went on to win 63 medals (32 gold medals) in the 28th Olympic Games in 2004,...