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China: The lives of retired athletes

Categories: East Asia, China, Education, Humanitarian Response, Sport

Professional Chinese athletes are known to undergo some of the toughest training regimens in the world, but does this prepare them for post-competition careers? Roland Soong at EastSouthWestNorth translates a recent post from marathoner-turned-blogger Ai Dongmei [1], “If my child wants to be an athlete, I'll break her legs first.”