BEIJING: China's state sports system certainly has its critics but many of those who have benefited from it are convinced it remains the secret of their country’s sporting success.
There are 23,000 state-supported athletes in the pyramid structure that makes up China’s sports system and every gold medal the hosts claim at the Beijing Olympics will be a product of it.
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