Coming home to mine Olympic gold
By Yu Yilei | China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-12 08:11
Coach Lang Ping discusses strategy with the US Olympic women's volleyball team during its match with Japan last Saturday. Wang Jianhua |
When Qiao Liang landed in Iowa in 1993, preparing to start a new life at the University of Iowa on a full scholarship after a successful career on the Chinese national gymnastics team, he didn't expect his homecoming to become a national topic of conversation 15 years later.
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