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| National Women's Gym team trains with new strategy |
| CCTV.COM 2003-07-12 10:07:18 |
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With the World Gymnastics Championship only one month away, the eight－member Chinese women squad is working against the clock to make their final preparations.
Under the new game rules, there will be no warming－up time before the finals. So how to perform their best on a completely strange apparatus is the primary task for the eight－member Chinese women squad.
Constant changes of training sites and gymnastic apparatus seem to be the team's solution. On Friday afternoon, the team had their daily training at the sports center for the Beijing Gymnastics Team, instead of their usual practice venue, the national training center. The coaches hope this will help the players better adapt to a new environment and new apparatus.
Director of the national team Gao Jian had an innovative idea to inspire the young gymnasts. Impressed by yesterday's practice, he promised to give the young members of average age of only 16 some dolls as a reward for good performance. And this afternoon, the young athletes were already collecting dolls to go along with their growing gymnastic skills.
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Editor: Yang Feiyang CCTV.com
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