> ... 體操王子 李寧等 掀起一片奧運熱> 潮李寧 had become so faumos as 體操王子 (at least in the Chinese media) after the 84 Olympics Game that for a long time I was under the impression that he was the All-Around champion, the highest honour in Gymnastics, in Los Angeles. It was only years later when I dig up some old Sport Illustrated magazines did I realize that he only finished third in the All-Around competition in L.A.. I don't want to belittle 李寧 s achievement and he did win the most Gymnastics gold medals in that Olympics but two points we need to consider 1) the 84 Olympics was the one most of the Eastern Bloc, traditionally the strongest Gymnastic countries, had boycotted. 2) Peter Vidmar, the American gymnastic 李寧 finished behind in the All-Around competition, had never won any medal of any colour in world championship outside of L.A. Game. Of course these are just inconvenient facts for most Chinese sport fans
