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Article: Chinese Table Tennis Chief Warns Against Complacency
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 22, 2001
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A top Chinese table tennis official warned against bulging ego in
the Chinese team on the eve of the World Table Tennis Championships.
Li Furong, vice chairman of both the Chinese Table Tennis
Association and the Chinese Sports Administration, told the Chinese
players and coaches Sunday night not to rest on the Olympic laurels.
"A clean sweep of eight gold medals in the past two Olympic Games
has been history and you have to start from scratch now and win the
men's team championship that we lost last year," said Li, a former
table tennis world champion.
Li said some players had been dizzy with honors and didn't know
who they were since the 2000 Olympic Games.
"Keep alert. If you are off ...