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Chinese women's volleyball team aims at Olympics gold

The newly-crowned Chinese women's volleyball team arrived in Beijing on Sunday night and its head coach Chen Zhonghe said the team's next goal is to win the 2004 Athens Olympics gold medal.


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The newly-crowned Chinese women's volleyball team arrived in Beijing on Sunday night and its head coach Chen Zhonghe said the team's next goal is to win the 2004 Athens Olympics gold medal.

"We are very happy to win the world title after 17 years," said Chen, "But it is very important for our coaches and players to keep a cool mind. The Olympics champion is much harder to capture."

China, which won the world titles five times in a row from 1981to 1986, registered a perfect record of 11 wins at the 2003 World Cup, which wrapped up Saturday in Japan.

It also marked the first triumph for the Chinese women at the three major volleyball tournaments, namely the World Cup, the World Championships and the Olympics, since 1986.

"When we fell behind against Brazil at the first game in the World Cup, I was happy to see that my players remained cool. The win against Brazil paved our way to the final victory," said Chen,who took the head coach position three years ago.

"The title gave us much confidence, but much more pressure as well. People will have higher expectations from us in the Olympic Games," Chen added.

China finished fifth at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and wound up fourth at the World Championships last year.


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