2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Athletes

	China's Sun next rising NBA star The Olympics is always a great time for NBA scouts to assess the pool of new talent China has to offer. Menk Bateer (Atlanta 1996), Wang Zhizhi (Sydney 2000) and Yi Jianlian (Athens 2004), for example, all had their first exposure to NBA teams at Olympic competitions.

	Yi Jianlian's value proved at crucial moment of games One shot was good enough to put Yi Jianlian to the center of the limelight. His 15-foot jumper put China ahead 58-55 with 28.1 seconds to go and set the whole audiences into ovation when China drove to beat Germany 59-55 on Saturday.

	Promising 'Ricky' Rubio way far to be great The stardom of Spanish promising teenager Richard "Ricky" Rubio is no less than any of the super stars at the Olympics, but the sensation is way far to be a great basketball player.

	Kobe tastes his first-ever Olympic Games Like his Nike shoe advertisement said, he was loved by Chinese fans because he was really a great player. He was also hated because he showed no mercy in United States' big win over China.

	China women guard aspires to higher Games goal Chinese women basketball team guard Miao Lijie, whose signature smile has weathered the team's ups and downs in a decade, takes a shot at clinching a spot in the Beijing Olympic Games semis, where she expects to beam in capping her hoop career.

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