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  Jesse Owens is considered to be one of the greatest Olympians

  Beijing 2008 will prove a test for the cream of the worlds sporting talent but will any of the athletes be able to go beyond mere victory and attain greatness?

  Here are some Olympic legends that set the benchmark by which future Olympic hopefuls must be measured.

  Britains Sir Steve Redgrave is the only athlete to win a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games from Los Angeles in 1984 to Sydney in 2000. As a rower he pushed himself to his physical limits and even defied his doctors by continuing to compete at the highest level after being diagnosed with diabetes .

  In a TV interview immediately after finishing the race in which he won his last gold medal, an exhausted Redgrave memorably invited the public to shoot him if they ever saw him in a rowing boat again.

  American Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, setting a 20-year world record in the process. He also made a mockery of the distorted racial theories of the German Nazi party which was in power at the time by proving a black athlete could be as good as, or better than, a white one.

  But what of China? Who are their great Olympians?

  Probably the most recent contender for the position of Chinas greatest Olympic athlete is Liu Xiang, the 110m hurdler.

  Liu Xiang took gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, tying for a world record time of 12.91 seconds. It was Chinas first Olympic gold medal in track and field for a male athlete.

  Will Liu Xiang win a second gold medal? Will other Chinese athletes taste glory ? The answers will be revealed in August in Beijing.

  GLOSSARY 词汇表

  cream

  精华,精髓

  attain greatness

  达到最高境界

  consecutive

  连续性的

  physical limits

  生理局限

  diabetes

  糖尿病

  shoot

  开枪

  made a mockery

  嘲弄,讽刺

  Nazi

  纳粹,法西斯

  hurdler

  跨栏选手

  track and field

  田径

  mere victory

  仅仅是胜利

  benchmark

  水平点, 基准

  rower

  赛艇运动员

  diagnosed

  被诊断为

  exhausted

  筋疲力尽

  world record

  世界纪录

  distorted racial theories

  扭曲的种族理论

  contender

  竞争者

  tying

  打平

  taste glory

  取得成功,争得光荣

  

  Jesse Owens is considered to be one of the greatest Olympians

  Beijing 2008 will prove a test for the cream of the worlds sporting talent but will any of the athletes be able to go beyond mere victory and attain greatness?

  Here are some Olympic legends that set the benchmark by which future Olympic hopefuls must be measured.

  Britains Sir Steve Redgrave is the only athlete to win a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games from Los Angeles in 1984 to Sydney in 2000. As a rower he pushed himself to his physical limits and even defied his doctors by continuing to compete at the highest level after being diagnosed with diabetes .

  In a TV interview immediately after finishing the race in which he won his last gold medal, an exhausted Redgrave memorably invited the public to shoot him if they ever saw him in a rowing boat again.

  American Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, setting a 20-year world record in the process. He also made a mockery of the distorted racial theories of the German Nazi party which was in power at the time by proving a black athlete could be as good as, or better than, a white one.

  But what of China? Who are their great Olympians?

  Probably the most recent contender for the position of Chinas greatest Olympic athlete is Liu Xiang, the 110m hurdler.

  Liu Xiang took gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, tying for a world record time of 12.91 seconds. It was Chinas first Olympic gold medal in track and field for a male athlete.

  Will Liu Xiang win a second gold medal? Will other Chinese athletes taste glory ? The answers will be revealed in August in Beijing.

  GLOSSARY 词汇表

  cream

  精华,精髓

  attain greatness

  达到最高境界

  consecutive

  连续性的

  physical limits

  生理局限

  diabetes

  糖尿病

  shoot

  开枪

  made a mockery

  嘲弄,讽刺

  Nazi

  纳粹,法西斯

  hurdler

  跨栏选手

  track and field

  田径

  mere victory

  仅仅是胜利

  benchmark

  水平点, 基准

  rower

  赛艇运动员

  diagnosed

  被诊断为

  exhausted

  筋疲力尽

  world record

  世界纪录

  distorted racial theories

  扭曲的种族理论

  contender

  竞争者

  tying

  打平

  taste glory

  取得成功,争得光荣

  

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