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Thu 08 Aug 2008Craving victory at any cost
Ian O'Riordancharts China's remarkable emergence as a sporting superpower and chances of topping the medals table in Beijing.
AT SOME point during all the lavish pomp that will be the Opening Ceremony in Beijing, that most innocent of phrases - "it's not the winning that matters, it's the taking part" - will again be spoken as the motto for 16 days of sporting idealism, and all of China will be masked in a sarcastic smile.
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