Chinese athletes return home
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Updated: 2004-08-31 17:02

Chinese gymnasts pose for a photo upon arriving in Beijing after the Olympic Games August 31, 2004. China's Olympic athletes, who won a record 32 gold medals in Athens, arrived on Tuesday to a hero's welcome from dozens of dancers, drummers, a brass band and throngs of wellwishers. More than 200 members of the 407-strong Chinese Olympic team were met at Beijing Capital International Airport by families and friends and spectators waving flags, flowers and banners. [Xinhua]