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Olympic Dreams Take Hard Work – Gao Jun

Olympic Dreams Take Hard Work – Gao Jun

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(BY RICHARD FINN)
Olympic Dreams Take Hard Work – Gao Jun
Jun Gao knows a little something about being an Olympian.

After all, she played in the world’s biggest sports spectacle four times during her illustrious Hall of Fame career – in 1992 for her native China and then in 2000, 2004 and 2008 as a naturalized United States citizen.

As the world No. 2 player in 1992 (Barcelona Olympics), she won the silver medal in women’s doubles. In 2008, wearing the red, white and blue, she advanced to the top 16 in singles and finished fifth in the Team event.

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