The golden generation
After a 36-year journey, China has finally set foot on the top step of an Olympic podium
By LI YINGXUE |
CHINA DAILY |
Updated: 2024-08-09 09:50
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In 1983, by the outdoor swimming pool at Beijing's Taoranting Park, the seeds of a dream were planted, when a group of Chinese artistic swimmers gathered for the first time.
Nearly 15,000 days and nights of relentless effort from themselves and successive generations later, that dream has finally become a reality — China has been crowned Olympic champion.
On Wednesday night, in Saint-Denis in the northern suburbs of Paris, the Chinese artistic swimming team clinched a first-ever Olympic gold medal in the team event.
