Ten foreign coaches worked with the Chinese delegation at the Sochi Winter Olympics Games and that trend is unlikely to change.
When Xing Zhiliang, an IT company employee in Beijing, took his son Xing Haoyu to Wanlongbayi Ski Resort in Beijing's western suburbs last Saturday evening, the crowded scenes were beyond his imagination.
American Julie Chu has four times stood on the ice, listened to Canada's national anthem and watched the Maple Leaf raised to the roof while the United States' great rival celebrated an Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal.
There had been rumblings for days that Russian figure skaters were being marked rather generously at the Sochi Olympics, judges seemingly awarding scores with their hearts rather than their heads after being carried on a wave of national euphoria.
Li Zijun, China's new figure skating hope, realizes there is a gap to be closed if she hopes to challenge the skaters she currently admires in the future.
Queen Yu-na's reign has finally come to an end and the South Korean could not be happier.
Shy and frequently beset by nerves, speed skater Martina Sablikova does not want the adulation that comes with being the Czech Republic's most successful Olympian, only a decent rink to train on.
They are the 30-somethings and even 40-somethings who refuse to bow out gracefully - the grizzled veterans of the Sochi Olympics who won't give in to gilded youth.
Arsene Wenger accused Bayern Munich of resorting to cynical tactics as 10-man Arsenal was left facing elimination from the Champions League after a 2-0 defeat against the holder.
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