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Tao Luna- Caroline Buffington and Julia Clayton's wiki page 1st Chinese athlete to win a gold metal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The Chinese won 28 gold medals over all, it's best in Olympic history. She placed 1st four times that year, in the World Cup Final in Munich, Sydney Olympics Games, World Cup ( 25m), and woman's team air pistol and woman's team sport pistol. Since shooting is a psychological game. she has been training with a psychologist professor. He gave her a card with the quote that says, " those who are unselfish are the strongest. Those who are courageous will succeed." She carries this around with her to give her strength.

__Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People__. 2007. __Flickr__. 22 Apr.-May 2007 .   Kelly Holmes- She was born April 19, 1970, in Pembury, England. She has competed in the 1996 Atlanta, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004 Olympics. During these four Olympics, she took home 2 gold medals and one bronze medal. She has competed in the 1500 meter race and the 800 meter race. At a young age she knew she had acquired the skills to make it all the way, but when she was 18 years old, she became a British army judo champion. It wasn’t until the 1992 Olympics that she knew she wanted to get back into the sport. During her career, she has had to deal with numerous injuries. Before the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she suffered from a stress fracture, and 6 weeks before the 2000 Sydney Olympics, she suffered from a ruptured calf. In the 2004 Olympics, she was back in perfect shape, which helped her to barely (by five hundredths of a second), take home a gold medal. A week later, during the 1500 meter, she won another gold medal, by surging ahead in the last lap.

Dillon. __It;'S Tim to Run!__ 2007. __Flickr__. 23 Apr.-May 2008 <[|http://flickr.com/photos/dhinson/544029221/>.]

- Kelly Holmes Resources- "Kelly Holmes." __Beijing 2008__. 23 Apr. 2008 <[|http://en.beijing2008.cn>.] - Kelly Holmes

http://en.beijing2008.cn/- Tao Luna

Luo Xuejuan

Luo Xuejuan was born in 1984 in a province called Zhejiang. She had great swimming skills at the age of 7. She was picked to compete in swimming. The hard work and training made her want to quit. But she persevered. At the time, both of her parents lost their jobs so she had to keep taking lessons hoping her success one day would help their economic condition. At the age of twelve she joined the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team. She made the National team 4 years later. She competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was ranked number one but failed to win. She came in 8th for the 200 meter breaststroke. At the age of 17 she competed in the 9th National games and got first in the 100 meter breaststroke and broke the Asian record. At the 2004 Olympics she was 20 years old. She got a gold metal with the record of 1 minute 6.64 seconds.

Resources- Ricci. "Luo Xuejuan, China's First Relay Runner for 2008 Olympics." CRIENGLISH. 24 Mar. 2008. 25 Apr. 2008 <[|http://english.cri.cn/4406/2008/03/24/1701@337371.htm>.]

http://english.cri.cn/4406/2008/03/24/1701@337371.htm

Dwalkertx. "My Goggles." Flickr. 18 Feb. 2008. 25 Apr. 2008 <[|http://flickr.com/photos/dwalkertx/2275681971/>.

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