China steps up race walking tactics
By Chen Xiangfeng in London | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-13 08:14
China's Cheyang Sigya wins the bronze of the women's 20km race walk on Saturday. Cui Meng / China Daily |
China's race walking gold is hailed as a result of updating the team's traditional method of staging intensive trainings on the high-altitude Qinghai Plateau, which hadn't reaped Olympic gold since the 2000 Sydney Games.
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