This is why Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo came back. The Chinese pair finally won the Olympic gold medal that eluded them for so many years Monday night, a prize so compelling it lured them out of the cozy life of a happily retired married couple. It wasn't the best skate of their career, but it was good enough for gold - and that was all that mattered.
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China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo can almost touch the Olympic title that has eluded them in three other games. They used a world best in the short program Sunday night to get as close as the width of a skate blade. If it takes another record to grab the all-elusive gold at the Vancouver Olympics, well, they have the goods to do it.
read more »Photos of the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games on August 24 at 20:00 (local time).
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Despite Olympic stadiums being far from full, touts are sellng tickets for over 5000 yuan.
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Ever the capitalist "running dog" of Chinese cities, Shanghai just shrugs its shoulders at the Olypics and looks forward to the Big Nugget: the 2010 World Expo. Read on, Baby...
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Repetition for the fireworks of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games...
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