Gold standard medical care

Higher, faster and stronger — and healthier.

While the Olympic spirit goes a long way to inspire the contingent of Chinese athletes to chase glory at the Games, there is a group of unsung heroes that often have to help the athletes cross the finish line — the medical support team.

During the recently-concluded Paris Games, the delegation included 15 rehabilitation therapists and 16 doctors, most of whom specialize in sports medicine.

Wang Jianquan, a senior doctor with the team, who is also the head of, and a senior expert at, the Sports Medicine Department of Peking University Third Hospital, believes the increasing participation of rehabilitation therapists, doctors and sports scientists at the Olympics is a positive sign of the domestic sports sector's growth and modernization, which benefits not only the athletes, but also the general public.