Yao Ming: Tall Order

2008/08/01 19:24:43 @NBA.com: News

On CBC SPORTS, Jesse Campigotto writes "perhaps no one in Beijing faces a taller order than the largest athlete in the history of the Olympics. Chinese basketball star Yao Ming — all 7-feet-6, 310 pounds of him — is being touted as one of the faces of the Aug. 8-24 Games, the first to be held in h is home country. ‘To some degree, foreigners know China from him,' Crystal Chen, a 25-year-old Beijing journalist, told CBC. ‘Many people have no concept of China, so it's good to have sports figures who go abroad.' There's little doubt the hard-working centre will try his best to do his country proud. But high expectations, a suspect supporting cast, and the after-effects of a crippling injury could add up to a big letdown for the many interests counting on Yao to deliver in Beijing.”
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