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Hu Jia out of running for Olympic gold

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Hu Jia: gold medal bellyflop

This weekly sports news roundup is from China Sports Today.

• Chinese media reports say diver Hu Jia, who won gold in the men’s 10-meter platform at the 2004 Olympics, will not compete in Beijing due to injuries (see full report).

• Liu Xiang didn’t run in either of two events he was scheduled for in the United States. A sore hamstring kept him out of the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, and he was disqualified from the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, for a false start (report).

• USA Basketball announced it will bring its star-studded team to Macao and Shanghai for exhibition games in the weeks before the Olympics (report).

• The NBA Playoffs resumed broadcast in time for the finals after a two week suspension that still lacks a clear explanation (report).

• China's women’s national football team beat Japan 3-1 (report), and then advanced to Sunday’s Asian Cup final in Ho Chi Minh City, where they lost 2-1 to North Korea (report).

• One week before the Dragon Boat Festival, China’s rowing team showed it is a force to be reckoned with, taking five golds at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland (report).

• The Chinese men’s national team beat the University of Memphis basketball team (this year’s NCAA tournament runners up) in three exhibition games in Guangdong. The games were the first in China between the national team and an American university (report).

• The All-China Gaelic Games were held in Beijing over the weekend, with Beijing taking the women’s cup, Shanghai taking the men’s, and everyone enjoying plenty of Guinness and an evening with Ireland’s ambassador to China (report).

There are currently 4 Comments for Hu Jia out of running for Olympic gold.

Comments on Hu Jia out of running for Olympic gold

Gaelic games were invented by the Chinese 5,000 years ago anyway.

I'm almost certain I saw NBA on TV in the past two weeks or so. Maybe I was getting it on a Hong Kong channel... either way, I didn't care and changed the channel.

"Gaelic games were invented by the Chinese 5,000 years ago anyway."---HUNXUER

I noted the sarcasm buddy...but best not say that to my potato-consuming/beer guzzling Irish mom. She would definitely whoop yer arse St. Patrick Style!!!!!!!!!

Hunxer,

Of course, the Irish invented Chinese characters. Huang Di was Irish.

Erin Go Bra (size 40D)!

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