Skating Gold for China 中国选手花样滑冰夺冠
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_3344635/tae_252_skating_gold_china_au_bb.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]Chinese [b]figure skaters[/b] Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo [b]rolled back the years[/b] to win China's first gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics on Monday.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Their victory came as a [b]fairytale ending[/b] to a story that seems more like a Hollywood movie than real life.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The [b]veteran[/b] husband and wife duo were [b]lured out of retirement[/b] for one last [b]crack[/b] at Olympic gold, having previously won bronze medals in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Games.[/p][p=21, 2, left]At the age of 36 and 31 respectively Zhao Hongbo and Shen Xue [b]defied sporting convention[/b] by [b]overcoming[/b] the figure-skating world's young[b]whippersnappers[/b].[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2010-02-22/e4bcfa59fc5fd4b56969210bcf4e822e.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]It takes a lot of hard work to achieve your dreams[/p][/float]
[p=21, 2, left]Ordinarily at such an age the married couple should not be competing in international events[b]let alone[/b] bringing home Olympic gold.[/p][p=21, 2, left]To add to the drama the pair had been the[b] lowest-ranked[/b]competitors going into the competition due to their [b]lengthy absence[/b] from the ice.[/p][p=21, 2, left]But [b]against all odds[/b] their superb [b]short programme [/b]score from Sunday was enough to see them win the overall competition despite some small errors in Monday's [b]free skate[/b] event.[/p][p=21, 2, left]An [b]emotional[/b] Zhao said, "It's been so many years - to finally get this gold is so exciting. So many years have been [b]devoted[/b] to this dream."[/p][p=21, 2, left]China has now won three medals at the Vancouver Games – one gold, one silver, and one bronze for Wang Beixing in the women's 500m [b]speed skating[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]So what next for Zhao and Shen? Will they [b]defend[/b] their medals in the next games?[/p][p=21, 2, left]Well, Shen [b]indicated[/b] that the couple may have other plans:[/p][p=21, 2, left]"It's hard to continue skating - maybe it's time to have a baby," she said[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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