2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Medal Hopes

	Big things expected of young spiker China's women's volleyball team is counting on teen spiker Wang Yimei to play a crucial role in the defense of its Olympic gold medal in two months.

	Uneven-bars queen the new star in town Olympic gymnastics title contenders suddenly have one more thing to worry about other than the eight gold medals China claimed at the Tianjin World Cup last week. Her name is He Kexin.

	'Prince of Parallel Bars' swings back into action World and Olympic gymnastic champion Li Xiaopeng will take the spotlight at the Bank of China World Cup gymnastics competition, to be held in Tianjin on May 14-15.

	Young Buck bounds toward Beijing China's youthful hoop sensation Yi Jianlian had a roller-coaster first year in the NBA. He dunked on Dirk Nowitzki and Gerald Wallace, and his first match-up with Yao last November attracted 200 million viewers in China. But like most rookies, his year was plagued by problems with consistency and stamina as well as injuries.

	Alex Hua Tian saddles up for date with destiny Four-year-old Alex Hua Tian took up horse riding in Beijing's suburbs and 14 years later became a history maker in the equestrian world.

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