Source: CCTV.com

02-07-2008 14:19

Special Report:   2008 Beijing Olympic Games

A rising star of China's badminton team, Bao Chunlai caught the world's attention during the China Open at the end of 2007. He is considered of one of the favorites to take gold in the men's singles at the Beijing Olympics.

A rising star of China's badminton team, Bao Chunlai caught the world's attention during the China Open at the end of 2007.(CCTV.com)
A rising star of China's badminton team, Bao Chunlai caught 
the world's attention during the China Open at the end of 2007.
(CCTV.com)

Tomorrow, we will continue "To Be The Best" with Yang Wei, China's all-round gymnast. The former Olympic and world champion vies for glory again in the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Don't miss it.

Last November, Bao Chunlai finally did something that had been eluding him for years. Putting his "nearly-man" tag to bed once and for all, he defeated Malaysia's Lee Chongwei in two games to clinch the China Open and cement his status in the badminton world - both at home and abroad.