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Article: Chinese Swimmers Urged to Do Best in Perth Worlds
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- January 11, 1998
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The Chinese swimmers will do their best in the championships
starting on Monday despite one has been suspended for violation of
the delegation rules, a Chinese official said here on Sunday.
Shi Tianshu, head of the Chinese swimming delegation, told Xinhua
that the Chinese swimmers were going to swim their best in the
championships which run from January 12 to 18.
"Even though our training here has been interrupted by media
interviews and drug testing, we will put up the best swims as we can
and go for gold medals," he said.
World record holders Chen Yan and Wu Yanyan are favored for
women's medley titles. Chen will also vie for a gold medal at the
200 meters freestyle, the event in which ...