Gold dreams shine through tarnish

China hopeful about 2014 Olympic medals, despite setbacks, Lei Lei reports.

Many Chinese remember the joy and tears at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, where China claimed its first-ever Olympic figure skating gold medal and dominated the women's short-track speed-skating rinks, sweeping all four golds. The record five gold medals, two silvers and four bronzes added cheer to that Spring Festival holiday.

But the country seems unlikely to fare as well this year at the Games in Sochi, Russia. That is in part because China's greatest hope for gold - short-track speed skater Wang Meng - will miss the Games due to injury.