Greatest Olympians 杰出的奥林匹克运动员们
[audio]http://www.24en.com/bbc/dl_mp3/bbc_greatest_olympians.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px]Beijing 2008 will prove a test for the[b]cream[/b] of the world's sporting talent but will any of the athletes be able to go beyond [b]mere victory[/b] and [b]attain greatness[/b]?
[p=21, 2, left]Here are some Olympic legends that set the [b]benchmark[/b] by which future Olympic hopefuls must be measured.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Britain's Sir Steve Redgrave is the only athlete to win a gold medal at five [b]consecutive[/b] Olympic Games from Los Angeles in 1984 to Sydney in 2000. As a [b]rower[/b] he pushed himself to his [b]physical limits[/b] and even defied his doctors by continuing to compete at the highest level after being [b]diagnosed[/b] with [b]diabetes[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]In a TV interview immediately after finishing the race in which he won his last gold medal, an [b]exhausted[/b] Redgrave memorably invited the public to "[b]shoot[/b] him" if they ever saw him in a rowing boat again.[/p][p=21, 2, left]American Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, setting a 20-year [b]world record[/b] in the process. He also [b]made a mockery[/b] of the [b]distorted racial theories[/b] of the German [b]Nazi[/b] party which was in power at the time by proving a black athlete could be as good as, or better than, a white one.[/p][p=21, 2, left]But what of China? Who are their great Olympians?[/p][p=21, 2, left]Probably the most recent [b]contender[/b] for the position of China's greatest Olympic athlete is Liu Xiang, the 110m [b]hurdler[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Liu Xiang took gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, [b]tying[/b] for a world record time of 12.91 seconds. It was China's first Olympic gold medal in [b]track and field[/b] for a male athlete.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Will Liu Xiang win a second gold medal? Will other Chinese athletes [b]taste glory[/b]? The answers will be revealed in August in Beijing.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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