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Her face etched with pain, a child trains for Olympic glory while her gymnastics trainer stands on her legs.
The cartoon space rockets and animal astronauts on her tiny red leotard are a stark and powerful reminder of this little girl's tender age as she trains as hard as any adult athlete in the Western world.
Nanning Gymnasium in Nanning, China, is one of many ruthless training camps across the country to which parents send their children to learn how to be champions.
But while training techniques appear extreme to Western eyes, they provide an insight into why China's athletes at London 2012 seem so easily able to swim, dive, lift and shoot their way to victory.
Gymnastic stars are known for starting at an incredibly early age, and this group of children appear no different as they battled to complete the demanding routines on bars, rings, and mats.
Boys and girls who looked no older than five or six-years-old were tasked with swinging on beams, hanging from pairs of rings and bounding across floor mats during the physically strenuous training sessions.
The youngsters at the same training school will be hoping to emulate the success of 16-year-old swimming sensation Ye Shewin, who glided into the record books on Saturday night.
Only last January harrowing photographs were posted on the internet showing Chinese children crying in pain as they were put to work.
In case they had forgotten why they were there, a large sign on the wall reminded them. GOLD it said simply.
Charges are often taught by rote that their mission in life is to beat the Americans and all-comers to the top of the podium.
Source : How China trains its children to win gold - standing on a girl's legs as young boys hang from bars | Mail Online
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Bro, some of you are just blatantly China bashing with this communist crap.
Am not buying this time. Sorry.
only the toughest can stay,it's both parents and children's own choice,it's very hard to get into those schools and not cheap to stay there,if you can't physically and financially capable ,you will be eliminated,those kids train hard just to stay ,cause all of them have big dreams and ambitions.
Fine with me DOC . But the truth is CCP is using these things as propaganda tool that is the reality.
With or without Olympics there are beggers in this very world. Maybe millions in China and even more in India. For some people, less than 1% of population, it is just their talent to become professional athletes and pursuing stronger, faster and higher. What's wrong with it?
Don't be upset by the success China achieved. India hooray for every medal Indian athletes struggle to get, not just Olympics but Asian Games as well.
come to China and we will see that how aspirant parents work hard just to get their children to those sports schools and music and dance schools,they pay a fortune just to get their children in,but if their children fail,they have to go home,no questions asked,it's always parents and children's own choice.
Let me be clear with you, wining a Gold medal that is an honor and no one could deny it. This also no one will supporting to put young kid on this kind of training. Unlike China, Viet Nam does not has some lunatic training for its kids, even though Viet Nam really wants it.。。。
So what bro? Who cares?
Bottom line - China is winning medals.
And we are armchair mental masturbating with our socialist jholas.
sh!t report....from dailymail, shameless reporter...
do you read the characters on the wall? 亲子 趣味 会合
In Japanese it says parents and kid fun/hobby meeting, I don't know more.
Are you talking about the ambitions and dreams of their parents or the 4 year olds
Hillarious man
Are you talking about the ambitions and dreams of their parents or the 4 year olds
Hillarious man
It doesn't matter Doc check my earlier post any body can produce a gold medal by ruining 1000's of kids lives. We do have sporting achievements in cricket and Hockey without crossing the line called brutality.
Soon we will also get into that league we are improving and will reach there.