Luo, Xie get shot at redemption after Olympic flop
By Chen Xiangfeng | China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-23 07:43
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Xie Yalong (top, right) the former head of Chinese soccer, runs with Chinese international captain Zheng Zhi during an Olympic training session in July 2008. Former athletics chief Luo Chaoyi (bottom) talks with Athens gold medalist hurdler Liu Xiang. The two officials were reassigned after posting disappointing results at the Beijing Games, which critics say stemmed from over-dependence on the two iconic Chinese athletes. Zhong Ti |
China's athletics and men's soccer teams are considered the two biggest disappointments in the medal campaign of the 2008 Olympics host, a slip that has since put the chiefs of the two sports' governing bodies under pressure after they were reassigned to new positions.
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