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Article: Profile: For Li Ning, anything is possible
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 8, 2008
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Profile: For Li Ning, anything is possible
By Qi Zijian
BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Gymnast Li Ning became a national
hero by sweeping three gold medals at the 1984 Log Angeles Games
where the new China made a stunning Olympic appearance that ended
the country's three-decade-long Olympics isolation.
On Friday night, the athlete-turned-entrepreneur lit the Olympic
cauldron at the National Stadium.
Hailed as "gymnastics prince", Li garnered 106 national and
international title during 17 years as a competitor.
He peaked in the Los Angeles Games, winning three golds, two
silvers and one bronze, becoming the most-medaled athlete in that
games.
But his ability to represent a newer, more ...