China won more gold medals than any other country in the world at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Some of those medal-winning athletes are now quitting their training to become local government officials. While no one doubts that they're talented, some people do wonder if they have what it takes to run an office. BON's Susan Tart has more.
China won more gold medals at the 2008 Olympics than any other country. China has been criticized for training athletes only in Olympic sports, but as Susan Tart shares with us, the country is investing in a non-Olympic sport that many of us played as kids.
Baseball might not be a popular sport in China, but its younger cousin teeball is proving a big hit. With the opening of the teeball national championship in China, the sport is gaining fans of all ages. High school P-E teacher Shi Yu says his students are quickly becoming interested in the sport.
It was good news for China's Freestyle skiers this week as they made a virtual clean sweep of the medals on offer at the FIS Freestyle championships. All the excitement happened in the snow swept city of Changchun in the northeast of the country.
With their gold and silver team medals in the Freestyle FIS World Cup 2009/2010 this week China has cemented its reputation as one of the top countries in this exciting discipline.
China fielded two teams to take part in the Aerials team competition. Team A, consisted of veteran World Cup medalists Jia Zongyang, Qi Guangpu, Li Nina and Xu Mengtao, and won the gold medal with a score of 422.582.