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© 2021 AFPInside China's gymnastics machine: Children training for Olympic glory
By Nicolas ASFOURI and Danni ZHU BEIJING©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Mr Kipling
Sounds like an excellent facility with great care and coaches. The young gymnasts are not being sexually abused like those in the US were.
lostrune2
The big issue with these programs is that the athletes aren't trained for anything once they're outside the sport. All they're taught is the sport
Once their sports career is over, they don't have any other life skills - they either have to work somewhere within the sport, or be left outside in the world behind their work competition
Mr Kipling
lostrune2..
So not "all they are taught is sport"
They specialize in sport above all else, its called dedication.
lostrune2
Sure, that's what they also say with some US colleges that put sports above all else, but we know what happens to many "student athletes" who don't make it to the professional level