A Continuing Camaraderie
Aug 19, 2021
4 minutes
By Ji Jing
Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon
The Olympic Summer Games Tokyo 2020 concluded on August 8, and China took home a grand total of 38 gold medals and 88 medals, ranking second in the medal tally. When speaking of China’s Olympic performance, one individual deserves some extra recognition. That is Juan Antonio Samaranch, the Seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the man who supported China to resume its legitimate seat on the IOC as well as its bidding for the Olympic Summer Games Beijing 2008.
In 1954, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the first time ever obtained a spot on the IOC. Nevertheless, only two
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