STEP BY STEPP FM VISITS SE ASIA CROSS-STRAITS TALKS Tibetan artist exploresores South China Sea issue Key agreements signed his culture throughh dance > p22 > CHINA, PAGE 9 on minister’s agenda > LIFE, PAGE 18 OLYMPIC SPECIAL CHINADAILY FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012 chinadaily.com.cn Issue No 16 £1 EXCLUSIVE | THOMAS BACH Thomas Bach is vice- president of the International Olympic Committee. China a model for Olympics, IOC says By ZHANG HAIZHOU in London zhanghaizhou@ chinadaily.com.cn If memories were awarded medals, Th omas Bach would give China a gold medal every time. Bach, vice-president of the International Olympic Com- mittee and a 1976 Olympic fencing gold medalist, fin- ished his career in Shanghai in 1980. He was in China at the time, rather than defend- ing his medal, because of a boycott, by some countries, of the Moscow Olympics. “Our Olympic committee DAVID J. PHILLIP / ASSOCIATED PRESS (the West Germany) voted Usain Bolt (center), Yohan Blake (left) and Warren Weir, all from Jamaica, celebrate their medals in the men’s 200m fi nal at the London Olympics on Thursday. Bolt won gold, Blake silver and Weir bronze. for a boycott. I was represent- ing the athletes and wanted to take part in the Games. We lost the battle. Now everyone realizes that it was absolutely useless. It did not make one bit of diff erence at all,” Bach, BOLT AT THE DOUBLE 58, said. As “a kind of compensa- tion”, Bach said the national team had a two-week tour of Jamaican sprint star creates history by winning 100m and 200m in consecutive Olympics China and took part in com- petitions against fencers in By AGENCIES in London ver in the sprints at the 1984 and within fi ve paces aft er an explo- Stadium in 1 min 40.91 sec to letes in the field ran personal straight run against the clock. Beijing, Hangzhou, Kunming 1988 Games. sive start. beat the mark of 1.41.01 he set bests and the time run by Brit- He pushed again aft er taking and Shanghai. Usain Bolt made history It was also the first time two As he rounded the bend, two years ago in Italy. ain’s Andrew Osagie, who was the bell in 49.28 sec and came “I’m happy to report that on Th ursday when the Jamai- individual track titles were suc- Blake briefly threatened from “I had no doubt about win- last to cross the line, would have into the home straight 10 m I won the last match.” It hap- can successfully defended his cessfully defended at successive lane four, but teeth clenched ning but I was waiting for per- been good enough for gold at clear of teenager Amos, fi nding pened to be the last of his Olympic 200m crown to claim Games since Finland’s Lasse Viren and at full tilt, Bolt had enough fect conditions to break the the past three Games. just enough in the tank to take career. an unprecedented second suc- won the 5000m and 10,000m in to slow down a full 10 m from record,” the 23-year-old said. “Th ose kind of times would him over the line a tenth of a Sitting in a Park Lane cafe cessive sprint double. the Munich and Montreal Games the line, raising his fi nger to his “I am happy. I’ve waited for get a medal in any other cham- second inside his own record. 32 years later, Bach recalled Bolt, who retained his 100m in 1972 and 1976. lips as he did so. this moment for a long time. pionships, but David is on such Dubbed the “Pride of Africa” Olympic stories and shared title on Saturday, crossed the Bolt led a Jamaican clean Meanwhile, Kenya’s David To come here and get a world good form,” Osagie said. “It was aft er winning the world junior his thoughts on the London line in 19.32sec to win in front sweep of the podium, with Rudisha stormed to 800m record is unbelievable.” an honor to be in that race.” title in 2006, Rudisha missed Games. of a delirious sellout 80,000 training partner Yohan Blake gold in a world-record time on Nijel Amos of Botswana won Th e last runner in the fi eld to the Beijing Olympics through He also played down “spec- crowd at Olympic Stadium. taking silver in 19.44 sec and Thursday to cap four years of silver in 1.41.73 to claim his set himself for the start, Rudisha injury and was boxed in during ulation” he is the front-runner The 25-year-old’s victory Warren Weir claiming a bronze dominance in the two-lap event country’s fi rst Olympic medal hit the front halfway through the semifi nals at the 2009 World to succeed current IOC Presi- meant he bettered the record in 19.84 sec. with a brilliant run. and bronze went to Timothy the back straight and aft er that, Championships. dent Jacques Rogge in 2013. of US track legend Carl Lewis, Running in lane seven, Bolt The world champion Kitum of Kenya in 1.42.53. with his smooth loping stride who won three golds and a sil- was up on Weir outside him scorched around the Olympic All but one of the eight ath- eating up the track, it was a AFP—REUTERS SEE “SPORTS” PAGE 2 In this issue NEWS ..........................2,8,9,11 Chen bolsters China’s diving power OLYMPICS ......................... 3-6 COMMENT ............................. 7 COVER STORY .................... 10 with a victory in 10m platform BUSINESS ...................... 13-17 LIFE ..................................18-21 WORLD ...........................22,23 By ASSOCIATED PRESS semifinal with a 47.35-point springboard, spoiling its bid to years ago in Beijing. 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She took eighth in 3m four dives, but she botched her CUI MENG / CHINA DAILY ond consecutive Games. diving gold medals so far with springboard synchro and sev- final dive to fall out of medal Gold medalist Chen Ruolin from China competes during the Chen was dominant through only the men’s platform remain- enth in 10m synchro. contention aft er earning silver women’s 10m platform diving fi nal at the Aquatics Centre in all three rounds of the competi- ing. Th e diving superpower was Pamg didn’t advance out of in 10m synchro at her third Olympic Park on Thursday. tion. She fi nished the morning upset by Russia in the men’s 3m the 10m preliminaries four Olympics. 国际标准编号:ISSN0253-9543.